scomber noun. ['skɒmbǝ] Pl. -bri [-bri:, -brʌɪ]. E17.
[Latin from Greek skombros tuna or mackerel.]
A mackerel or other member of the family Scombridae. Now only as mod. Latin genus name.

■ scombroid adjective & noun (a) adjective resembling the mackerel; of or pertaining to the perciform family Scombridae, superfamily Scombroidea, or suborder Scombroidei; (b) noun a scombroid fish: M19.

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