horse mackerel meaning

UK /hɔːs ˈmækərəl/ US /hɔrs ˈmækərəl/ 4 syllables

horse mackerel (noun): largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics.

horse mackerel has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

horse mackerel as a noun

  1. largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

    Synonyms: bluefin, bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus

    Type of: tuna

  2. large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

    Synonyms: saurel, Trachurus trachurus

    Type of: scad

  3. a California food fish

    Synonyms: jack mackerel, Spanish mackerel, saurel, Trachurus symmetricus

    Type of: scad

How to pronounce horse mackerel

horse mackerel is pronounced /hɔːs ˈmækərəl/ in British English and /hɔrs ˈmækərəl/ in American English. It has 4 syllables.

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