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    GENUS SCOMBER

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Scombridaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Scomber; Scomber

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Scomber" is a kind of...):

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Scomber"):

    common mackerel; Scomber scombrus; shiner (important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales)

    Scomber colias; Spanish mackerel (medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico)

    chub mackerel; Scomber japonicus; tinker (small mackerel found nearly worldwide)

    Holonyms ("genus Scomber" is a member of...):

    family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)

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