Mackerel

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A pimp; also, a bawd.

II. Mackerel ·noun Any species of the genus Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.

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mackerel
A bawd: from the French maquerel. Mackerel- backed; long-backed. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
mackerel
n. In Australia, Scomberantarcticus, Castln., said to be identical with Scomberpneumatophorus, De l...

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

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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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