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Definition of Scombroid
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean
Group relationships: Scombroidea, Suborder Scombroidea
Specialized synonyms: Mackerel, Tuna, Tunny, Bonito, Euthynnus Pelamis, Skipjack, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Katsuwonus Pelamis, Oceanic Bonito, Swordfish, Xiphias Gladius, Sailfish, Billfish, Louvar, Luvarus Imperialis, Squaretail
Definition of Scombroid
1. a. Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family.
Definition of Scombroid
1. Adjective. pertaining to a mackerel ¹
2. Noun. Any fish of the family ''Scombridae'', of which the mackerel (''Scomber'') is the type. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scombroid
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Medical Definition of Scombroid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scombroid
Literary usage of Scombroid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FISHES by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn, American Museum of Natural History (1917)
"1908.3 - The scombroid fishes. Science, 1909, ns 30, 572-074. 1909.1 - The
osteology and mutual relationships of the fishes belonging to the family ..."
2. U. S. Navy Diving Manual: Air DivingSports & Recreat (1999)
"G-3.2 scombroid Fish Poisoning. Unlike ciguatera fish poisoning (see Paragraph
G- 1.3.1) where actual toxin is already concentrated in the flesh of the fish ..."
3. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"It is a very good fish when eaten fresh, but, like all the scombroid fishes, ...
There are several other scombroid fishes on the coast of the same ..."
4. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"The scales are more reduced than in most scombroid fishes. The species of Cybium
occur in the tropical parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, ..."
5. First- Second Annual Report Upon the Natural History and Geology of the by Ezekiel Holmes, Charles Henry Hitchcock (1862)
"For description of scombroid family see further along. GENUS RHOMBUS, La. ...
FAMILY scombroid^E. Mackerel. This family has been recently ..."
6. Notes on the Food Fishes and Edible Mollusca of New South Wales, Etc., Etc by E. P. Ramsay (1883)
"There are several other scombroid fishes on the coast of the same predacious
character, and all more or less good for food, but they are essentially ocean ..."
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