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Definition of Scomber colias
1. Noun. Medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
Generic synonyms: Mackerel
Group relationships: Genus Scomber, Scomber
Terms within: Spanish Mackerel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scomber Colias
Literary usage of Scomber colias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"It is true that the scomber colias formerly monopolized the term Spanish mackerel,
... Mr. Powel was very certain that it was scomber colias. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"Mr. Powel was very certain that it was scomber colias. However no specimen is
known to exist in any Museum. But ,the vernacular still has a use for the name ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"... it appears to present some characters tolerably marked. M. Risso considers
this as the scomber colias of Gmelin, and the same which is called at Nice ..."