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mackerel

36 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. mackerel (noun)
  2. mackerel-back (noun)
  3. mackerel bait (noun)
  4. mackerel bird (noun)
  5. mackerel breeze (noun)
  6. mackerel cock (noun)
  7. mackerel goose (noun)
  8. mackerel gull (noun)
  9. mackerel midge (noun)
  10. mackerel scad (noun)
  11. mackerel scale (noun)
  12. mackerel shark (noun)
  13. mackerel sky (noun)
  14. mackerel tuna (noun)
  15. Atka mackerel (noun)
  16. banded mackerel (noun)
  17. bay mackerel (noun)
  18. big-eyed mackerel (noun)
  19. chub mackerel (noun)
  20. Easter mackerel (noun)
  21. frigate mackerel (noun)
  22. greenback mackerel (noun)
  23. holy mackerel (interjection)
  24. horse mackerel (noun)
  25. jack mackerel (noun)
  26. Japanese mackerel (noun)
  27. king mackerel (noun)
  28. Monterey Spanish mackerel (noun)
  29. Pacific mackerel (noun)
  30. skip mackerel (noun)

mack·er·el

noun \ˈma-k(ə-)rəl\
plural mackerel or mackerels

Definition of MACKEREL

1
: a scombroid fish (Scomber scombrus of the family Scombridae) of the North Atlantic that is green above with dark blue bars and silvery below and is a commercially important food fish
2
: any of various fishes (as the wahoo and king mackerel) in the same family as the mackerel especially when distinguished from the related bonito or tuna by a comparatively smaller size
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Origin of MACKEREL

Middle English makerel, from Anglo-French
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with MACKEREL

sacral

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