scombrid

scombrid
/skom"brid/, n.
1. any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the family Scombridae.
[1835-45; < NL Scombridae name of the family < L scombr- (s. of scomber) mackerel ( < Gk skómbros) + -idae -IDAE; see -ID2]

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