Meanings
- not comparablePertaining 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
plural scombroids
- countableAny fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
- uncountableA form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounimportant marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσκόμβρος“tuna, mackerel”
- Englishscombroid
From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
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Cite this entry
scombroid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scombroid
“scombroid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scombroid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scombroid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scombroid.
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