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 | ||