Mackerel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmæk(ə)ɹəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mackerel is a noun meaning Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,.
Meaning
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,.
More Meanings
- A true mackerel, any fish of tribe Scombrini (Scomber spp., Rastrelliger spp.)
- Certain other similar small fish in families Carangidae, Gempylidae, and Hexagrammidae.
- (obsolete) A pimp; also, a bawd.
- (chiefly attributive, of clouds, the sky, etc) A regular pattern, similar to fish scales, of undulating small clouds with sky visible between them.
Example Sentences
a mackerel sky
NETTING MACKEREL: THE PIMP DETAIL
MACKEREL CLOUDS.- Mackerel scales and mares' tails / Make lofty ships carry low sails.
Hundreds of ‘night birds’ and their ‘mackerels’ and other vice-pushers were sent packing.
Word Forms
- mackerels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include herring, kingfish, fish, blood, pimp, black.
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