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chub mackerel
noun
- a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chub mackerel1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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“At this time of year the area is used as wintering ground by common edible species such as hairtail, yellow croaker, chub mackerel and blue crab,†Greenpeace said.
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The chub mackerel, the smallest of the Scombridæ family, approaches very closely the true mackerel of the East.
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It is hard to find a fish of any variety more delicious than a chub mackerel, caught from the yacht and placed on the broiler as soon as it quits flapping.
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The long pleasure wharf and the miles of just that character of beach where the whiting, the croaker, the chub mackerel and the young sea bass love to feed, offer the finest of still fishing.
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