mackerel

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

In Australia, Scomberantarcticus, Castln., said to be identical with Scomberpneumatophorus, De la Roche, the European mackerel; butrare. In New Zealand, Scomber australasicus, Cuv. andVal.

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Mackerel
·noun A pimp; also, a bawd. II. Mackerel ·noun Any species of the genus Scomber, and of several rel...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
mackerel
A bawd: from the French maquerel. Mackerel- backed; long-backed. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
mackerel
The Scomber vulgaris, a well-known sea-fish. ...

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horse-mackerel
n. The name is applied inSydney to the fish Auxis ramsayi, Castln., family Scombridae. In New Zeala...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
bastard-mackerel
, or horse-mackerel The Caranx trachurus, a dry, coarse, and unwholesome fish, of the family Scomb...

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horse-mackerel
A large and coarse member of the Scomber family, remarkably greedy, and therefore easily taken, but ...

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mackerel-boat
A stout clinch-worked vessel, with a large fore-sail, sprit-sail, and mizen. ...

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mackerel-sky
See cirro-cumulus. ...

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mackerel-sture
A northern name for the tunny, Scomber thynnus. ...

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spanish mackerel
An old Cornish name for the tunny, or a scomber, larger than the horse-mackerel. ...

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stoer-mackerel
A name for the young tunny-fish. ...

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