SCOMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scomber mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Scombridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Scombridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scomber; Scomber

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Scomber"):

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)

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

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