DECAPTERUS MACARELLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Decapterus macarellus mean? 

• DECAPTERUS MACARELLUS (noun)
  The noun DECAPTERUS MACARELLUS has 1 sense:

1. small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil

  Familiarity information: DECAPTERUS MACARELLUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECAPTERUS MACARELLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Decapterus macarellus; mackerel scad; mackerel shad

Hypernyms ("Decapterus macarellus" is a kind of...):

scad (any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae)

Holonyms ("Decapterus macarellus" is a member of...):

Decapterus; genus Decapterus (scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution)