English noun: horse mackerel | |||
1. | horse mackerel (animal) largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics | ||
Synonyms | bluefin, bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tuna, tunny | ||
Part holonym | bluefin, bluefin tuna | ||
Member meronym | genus Thunnus, Thunnus | ||
2. | horse mackerel (animal) large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe | ||
Synonyms | saurel, Trachurus trachurus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scad | ||
3. | horse mackerel (animal) a California food fish | ||
Synonyms | jack mackerel, saurel, Spanish mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scad | ||