saurel
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of EuropeSynonyms: horse mackerelTrachurus trachurus
- a California food fishSynonyms: horse mackereljack mackerelSpanish mackerelTrachurus symmetricus
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zool.) Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially Trachurus trachurus, or Trachurus saurus, of Europe and America, and Trachurus picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel. [1913 Webster]