mackerel.
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,
Meaning & usage
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled, Typically Scomber scombrus in the British isles.
A true mackerel, any fish of tribe Scombrini (Scomber spp., Rastrelliger spp.)
Certain other similar small fish in families Carangidae, Gempylidae, and Hexagrammidae.
A regular pattern, similar to fish scales, of undulating small clouds with sky visible between them.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mackerell, macrell, macrelle, makarell, makerel, makerell, makerelle, makrel, makrell, makyrelle, from Old French maquerel. Further origin unknown.
A pimp; also, a bawd.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English makerel, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, from Middle Dutch makelare, makelaer (“broker”) (> makelaar (“broker, peddler”)). See also French maquereau.
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