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    MACKEREL SHAD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazilplay

    Synonyms:

    Decapterus macarellus; mackerel scad; mackerel shad

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("mackerel shad" is a kind of...):

    scad (any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae)

    Holonyms ("mackerel shad" is a member of...):

    Decapterus; genus Decapterus (scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution)

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