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English noun: mackerel

1. mackerel (food) flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish


Broader (hypernym)saltwater fish


Narrower (hyponym)smoked mackerel, Spanish mackerel


Part meronymcommon mackerel, Scomber scombrus, shiner

2. mackerel (animal) any of various fishes of the family Scombridae


Broader (hypernym)scombroid, scombroid fish


Narrower (hyponym)Acanthocybium solandri, chub mackerel, common mackerel, Scomber colias, Scomber japonicus, Scomber scombrus, shiner, Spanish mackerel, Spanish mackerel, tinker, wahoo


Member meronymfamily Scombridae, Scombridae









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