horse mackerel

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horse mackerel

1. Any of various edible carangid fishes of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus of eastern Atlantic waters.

2. Any of several tunas or related fishes.

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horse mackerel

1. (Animals) Also called: scad a mackerel-like carangid fish, Trachurus of European Atlantic waters, with a row of bony scales along the lateral line. Sometimes called (US): saurel

2. (Animals) any of various large tunnies or related fishes

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blue′fin tu′na

(ˈbluˌfɪn)
n.

a large tuna, Thunnus thynnus, common in temperate seas.

[1920–25]

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Noun	1.	horse mackerel - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna genus Thunnus, Thunnus - tunas: warm-blooded fishes tunny, tuna - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters bluefin, bluefin tuna - flesh of very large tuna
	2.	horse mackerel - large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe saurel, Trachurus trachurus scad - any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
	3.	horse mackerel - a California food fish jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, saurel, Spanish mackerel scad - any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae

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