scombroid

Etymology

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

adj

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

noun

  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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