Phrase guide

jack mackerel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of various edible fish, especially of genus Trachurus, but also genera Caranx, Acanthocybium, and Euthynnus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jack, saurel, horse mackerel

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a California food fish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: horse mackerel, Spanish mackerel, saurel, Trachurus symmetricus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scad

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِسْقُمَرِيّ حِصَان (ʔisqumariyy ḥiṣān) — fish
  • Arabic: طَرَاخُور (ṭarāḵūr) — fish
  • Belarusian: стаўры́да (stawrýda) — fish
  • Bulgarian: сафри́д (safríd) — fish
  • Catalan: sorell — fish
  • Dutch: horsmakreel — fish
  • French: chinchard — fish
  • Galician: xurelo — fish
  • Galician: chicharro — fish
  • Galician: chincho — fish
  • German: Stöcker — fish
  • German: Bastardmakrele — fish
  • Greek: σαυρίδι (savrídi) — fish
  • Ancient Greek: τράχουρος (trákhouros) — fish
  • Ancient Greek: σαῦρος (saûros) — fish
  • Irish: bolmán — fish
  • Italian: sugarello — fish
  • Japanese: 鯵 — fish
  • Lingala: mpiodi — fish
  • Māori: hauture — fish
  • Occitan: saurèl — fish
  • Portuguese: carapau — fish
  • Romanian: stavrid — fish
  • Russian: ставри́да (stavrída) — fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: ша̀рӯн — fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: šàrūn — fish
  • Spanish: jurel — fish
  • Spanish: chicharro — fish
  • Swedish: taggmakrill — fish
  • Turkish: istavrit — fish
  • Ukrainian: ставри́да (stavrýda) — fish