Definition of Spanish mackerel

1. Noun. Flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America.

Group relationships: Scomber Colias
Generic synonyms: Mackerel

2. Noun. Any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus.

3. Noun. Medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
Exact synonyms: Scomber Colias
Generic synonyms: Mackerel
Group relationships: Genus Scomber, Scomber

4. Noun. A California food fish.
Exact synonyms: Horse Mackerel, Jack Mackerel, Saurel, Trachurus Symmetricus
Generic synonyms: Scad

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Mackerel

Spanish elm
Spanish fever
Spanish flu
Spanish fly
Spanish garlic
Spanish gorse
Spanish green
Spanish grunt
Spanish guitar
Spanish ham
Spanish heath
Spanish influenza
Spanish iris
Spanish lime
Spanish lime tree
Spanish mackerel (current term)
Spanish monetary unit
Spanish moss
Spanish oak
Spanish omelet
Spanish omelets
Spanish omelette
Spanish omelettes
Spanish onion
Spanish oyster plant
Spanish paprika
Spanish people
Spanish peseta
Spanish pointer
Spanish practices

Literary usage of Spanish mackerel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"A favorite game-fish in the south, the Spanish mackerel is commercially of ... Several fish found in southern waters are known as Spanish mackerel, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"It is true that the Scomber colius formerly monopolized the term Spanish mackerel, for it was then in market and sold in considerable quantities. ..."

3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"Spanish mackerel.—-This is a very highly prized fish and is eaten largely in the ... In early years the Spanish mackerel was scarcely known on our coast, ..."

4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"Spanish mackerel.—This is a very highly prized fish and is eaten largely in the ... In early years the Spanish mackerel was scarcely known on our coast, ..."

5. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"Spanish mackerel.—This is a very highly prized fish and is eaten largely in the ... In early years the Spanish mackerel was scarcely known on our coast, ..."

6. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"Spanish mackerel.—This is a very highly prized fish and is eaten largely in the ... In early years the Spanish mackerel was scarcely known on our coast, ..."

7. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"THE Spanish mackerel, AND ITS ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION. ... But the vernacular still has a use for the name,— Spanish mackerel, having transferred it to the ..."

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