MACKEREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mackerel mean? 

• MACKEREL (noun)
  The noun MACKEREL has 2 senses:

1. flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish

2. any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

  Familiarity information: MACKEREL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACKEREL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("mackerel" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mackerel"):

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

smoked mackerel (mackerel cured by smoking)

Holonyms ("mackerel" is a part of...):

common mackerel; Scomber scombrus; shiner (important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mackerel" is a kind of...):

scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mackerel"):

common mackerel; Scomber scombrus; shiner (important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales)

Scomber colias; Spanish mackerel (medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico)

chub mackerel; Scomber japonicus; tinker (small mackerel found nearly worldwide)

Acanthocybium solandri; wahoo (large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide)

Spanish mackerel (any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus)

Holonyms ("mackerel" is a member of...):

family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)

 Context examples 

Four types of fish should be avoided because of typically high mercury levels — tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico, shark, swordfish, and king mackerel.

(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)

Foods like milk, milk products like cheese and yogurt, fatty fish like mackerel and sardines, some greens like kale and collards and fortified cereals also are good sources.

(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)