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SCOMBER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Scombridae

Synonyms:

genus Scomber; Scomber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Scomber" is a member of...):

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

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