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Scombroid

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Noun

1. scombroid, scombroid fish

important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scombroid

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adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or belonging to the Scombroidea, a suborder of marine spiny-finned fishes having a spindle-shaped body and a forked powerful tail: includes the mackerels, tunnies, bonitos, swordfish, and sailfish
noun
2. 
any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea

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Scombroid

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adjective
1. 
of a widely distributed family (Scombridae) of spiny-finned percoid food fishes, including the mackerels, bonitos, and tunas
2. 
like a mackerel
noun
3. 
a fish of this family

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scombroid

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n.
Any of various marine fishes of the suborder Scombroidei, which includes the barracudas, mackerels, and tunas.

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