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n. Any of several widely distributed marine fishes of the family Scombridae, especially the Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), an important food fish having dark wavy bars on the back and a silvery belly.

n. Any of the smaller fishes of the suborder Scombroidea, such as the Spanish mackerel.

n. Any of various similar fishes.

n. An edible fish of the family Scombridae, often speckled.

n. A pimp; also, a bawd.

n. Any species of the genus Scomber of the family Scombridae, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.

n. One of several different fishes of the family Scombridæ, and especially any fish of the genus Scomber.

n. The bonito, Sarda chilensis.

n. The common mackerel of next to the smallest of the four commercial sizes (large, seconds, tinkers, blinks), which are supposed to indicate respectively four, three, two, and one years of growth.

n. (See also frigate-mackerel.)

To fish for or catch mackerel; go on a mackerel voyage.

n. A pander or pimp.

n. In Australia, a fish, Scomber antarcticus, Castln., similar to the chub mackerel, Scomber Japonicus, Houttuyn; in New Zealand, Scomber australasious, Cuv. and Val.

n. flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish

n. any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

"Another problem with mackerel is that once a prisoner's sentence is up, there's little to do with it -- the fish can't be redeemed for cash, and has little value on the outside."

chub mackerel    mackerel-back sky   

soused mackerel    mackerel gale    banded mackerel    overgrown mackerel    slink mackerel    black-spotted spanish mackerel    fall mackerel    mackerel-latch    round mackerel    net-mackerel   

scombral   

Spanish mackerel    mackerel scad    cero mackerel    double-lined mackerel    a sprat to catch a mackerel    mackerel sky    mackerel shark    Atlantic mackerel    horse mackerel    holy mackerel   

pimp   

halibut    herring    pompano    pickerel    shad    sardine    salmon    codfish    tuna    mullet