scombroid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, tuna, mackerel) + -oid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/

Adjective

scombroid (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to mackerel.
    • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
      ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy []

Noun

scombroid (countable and uncountable, plural scombroids)

  1. (countable) Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
  2. (uncountable) A form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish.

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