SCOMBROID Definition & Meaning

scombroid

[ skom-broid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

resembling the mackerel.
resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae.

noun

a mackerel or related scombroid fish.

scombroid

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɔɪ�� /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Scombroidea, a suborder of marine spiny-finned fishes having a spindle-shaped body and a forked powerful tail: includes the mackerels, tunnies, bonitos, swordfish, and sailfish

noun

any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of scombroid¹

1835–45; < Greek ��ó�� ( os ) mackerel + -oid

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of scombroid¹

C19: from Greek skombros a mackerel; see -oid

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Example Sentences

Symptoms of scombroid poisoning can be confused with an allergy or other form of food poisoning.

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Several experts told the inquest his symptoms matched those of scombroid fish poisoning which could be caused by eating gone-off fish, possibly tuna or mackerel.

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Sarda, s�r′da, n. a genus of scombroid fishes, the bonitos.

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Ahi tuna was the culprit in the scombroid fish poisoning case, which began when a woman ate a tuna salad at a local seafood restaurant in May.

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Sierra, sē-er′ra, n. a ridge of mountains: a scombroid fish.

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