Spanish mackerel meaning

UK /ˈspænɪʃ ˈmækərəl/ US /ˈspænɪʃ ˈmækərəl/ 5 syllables

Spanish mackerel (noun): flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America.

Spanish mackerel has 4 meanings in this dictionary.

Spanish mackerel as a noun

  1. flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America

    Type of: mackerel

  2. any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus

    Type of: mackerel

    Kinds: king mackerel, Scomberomorus maculatus, cero, sierra

  3. medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

    Synonyms: Scomber colias

    Type of: mackerel

  4. a California food fish

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

    Type of: scad

How to pronounce Spanish mackerel

Spanish mackerel is pronounced /ˈspænɪʃ ˈmækərəl/ in British English and /ˈspænɪʃ ˈmækərəl/ in American English. It has 5 syllables.

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