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SCOMBROID FISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
scombroid; scombroid fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scombroid fish" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scombroid fish"):
mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)
tuna; tunny (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)
bonito (any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas)
Euthynnus pelamis; skipjack; skipjack tuna (oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito)
bonito; Katsuwonus pelamis; oceanic bonito (fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna)
swordfish; Xiphias gladius (large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night)
sailfish (large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail)
billfish (giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw)
louvar; Luvarus imperialis (large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton)
squaretail (sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters)
Holonyms ("scombroid fish" is a member of...):
Scombroidea; suborder Scombroidea (mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes)
