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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


Synonymsbluefin, bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus


Broader (hypernym)tuna, tunny


Part holonymbluefin, bluefin tuna


Member meronymgenus Thunnus, Thunnus

2. horse mackerel (animal) large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe


Synonymssaurel, Trachurus trachurus


Broader (hypernym)scad

3. horse mackerel (animal) a California food fish


Synonymsjack mackerel, saurel, Spanish mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus


Broader (hypernym)scad









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