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horse mackerel
horse mackerel
noun
- Also calledscad a mackerel-like carangid fish, Trachurus of European Atlantic waters, with a row of bony scales along the lateral line Sometimes called (US)saurel
- any of various large tunnies or related fishes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horse mackerel1
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Example Sentences
The Horse Mackerel (Caranx trachurus) is found principally in the same parts, where it devours the fry of other fishes.
The bonito is like a large horse mackerel, and is fished for in the same manner as the albicore.
Horse-mackerel are found singly on the coast all the year round, but sometimes they congregate in shoals of many thousands.
Dog fish, too, are sometimes taken; as are conger eels, and horse mackerel.
Most striking, perhaps, would be the giant horse-mackerel, which were often seen.
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