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BNC: 15554 COCA: 16460

mackerel

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
mackerel /ˈmækərəl/ noun
plural mackerel or mackerels
mackerel
/ˈmækərəl/
noun
plural mackerel or mackerels
Learner's definition of MACKEREL
[count, noncount]
: a large fish that lives in the northern Atlantic Ocean and is often eaten as food鳍(生活在北大西洋的大型食用鱼) see color picture on this page
BNC: 15554 COCA: 16460

mackerel

noun

mack·​er·​el ˈma-k(ə-)rəl How to pronounce mackerel (audio)
plural mackerel or mackerels
1
: a scombroid fish (Scomber scombrus of the family Scombridae) of the North Atlantic that is green above with dark blue bars and silvery below and is a commercially important food fish
2
: any of various fishes (such as the wahoo and king mackerel) in the same family as the mackerel especially when distinguished from the related bonito or tuna by a comparatively smaller size

Illustration of mackerel

Illustration of mackerel
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Slung over his shoulder is a shrimp trap with a dead mackerel speared and suspended at its center. Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022 An aquarium employee waves a mackerel near a penguin -- but there's no reaction. Jake Kwon And Mayumi Maruyama, CNN, 7 July 2022 Meanwhile, a slab of Boston mackerel, adorned with a tassel of grilled ramps and garlic-chive flowers, was crackly-skinned and deliciously fatty in a way that evoked pork. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 20 May 2022 As Americans have embraced a world of quality delicacies–ranging from Spanish white anchovies to Korean mackerel to Icelandic cod liver–new online purveyors have joined the fray and veterans have stocked up. Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022 Blackfoot and Silverbar, two sanderlings en route to the Arctic; a mackerel called Scomber; an eel called Anguilla; and so on. Amy Brady, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2021 Tootsie is a 15-year-old mackerel tabby with six toes on all four paws. cleveland, 22 Oct. 2021 During a grouping of fishes in the mackerel and herring families, Mori-san pointed out the kohada, or gizzard shad. Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021 Sushi Yasuda was praised by Michelin for its mackerel, tuna and salmon sashimi. Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 2 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English makerel, from Anglo-French

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mackerel was in the 14th century
BNC: 15554 COCA: 16460

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