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Spanish mackerel
noun
- an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- any of various similar scombroid fishes.
- (in California) the jack mackerel.
Spanish mackerel
noun
- Also calledkingfish any scombroid food fish of the genus Scomberomorus, esp S. maculatus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Scombridae (mackerels, tunnies, etc)
- a mackerel, Scomber colias, of European and E North American coasts that is similar to the common Atlantic mackerel
- any of various related marine food fishes, esp Scomberomerus Commerson
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Spanish mackerel1
An Americanism dating back to 1660–70
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