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noun
A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: king mackerel, cavalla, Scomberomorus cavalla
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Spanish mackerel
noun
large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Spanish mackerel
History
Corruption of Spanish sierra (“sawfish”).
