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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: scombroid, scombroid fish]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scombroid \Scom"broid\ (sk[o^]m"broid), a. [Scomber + -oid.] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. -- n. Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type, and including the tuna (Thunnus and related genera). [1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scombroid n 1: 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 [syn: scombroid, scombroid fish]