PINTADO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pintado mean? 

• PINTADO (noun)
  The noun PINTADO has 1 sense:

1. large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

  Familiarity information: PINTADO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINTADO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cero; kingfish; pintado; Scomberomorus regalis

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "pintado"):

kingfish (the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States)

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

genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)