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scombroid


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scombroid  \Scom"broid\  (sk[o^]m"broid),  a.  [Scomber  +  -oid.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Like  or  pertaining  to  the  Mackerel  family.  --  n.  Any  fish  of 
  the  family  {Scombrid[ae]},  of  which  the  mackerel  ({Scomber}) 
  is  the  type 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scombroid 
  n  :  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 
  fish}] 




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