Definition of scombroid Scombroid
scom•broid
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What does scombroid mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: scombroids |
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| scombroid - 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 | ||
| scombroid fish | ||
| percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | ||
| scombroidea, suborder scombroidea mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes | ||
| mackerel any of various fishes of the family Scombridae | ||
| tunny, tuna New Zealand eel | ||
| bonito any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas | ||
| euthynnus pelamis, skipjack tuna, skipjack medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna | ||
| katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito, bonito any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas | ||
| xiphias gladius, swordfish 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scombroid (a.)
Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. - scombroid (n.)
Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
Part of speech
🔤- scombroid, noun, singular of scombroids.
