English noun: mackerel |
1. | mackerel (food) flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish |
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| Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | smoked mackerel, Spanish mackerel |
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| Part meronym | common mackerel, Scomber scombrus, shiner |
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2. | mackerel (animal) any of various fishes of the family Scombridae |
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| Broader (hypernym) | scombroid, scombroid fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Acanthocybium solandri, chub mackerel, common mackerel, Scomber colias, Scomber japonicus, Scomber scombrus, shiner, Spanish mackerel, Spanish mackerel, tinker, wahoo |
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| Member meronym | family Scombridae, Scombridae |
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