escombro

Definitions of escombro
  1. noun
    any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
    synonyms: caballa, sarda
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    types:
    estornino
    small mackerel found nearly worldwide
    caballa
    large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
    type of:
    escómbrido
    important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
  2. noun
    the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
    synonyms: resto, restos, ruina, ruinas
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    type of:
    parte, porción
    something less than the whole of a human artifact
  3. noun
    the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
    synonyms: cascajo, cascote, derribo, despojo, detrito, deyección, escombros, resto, ripio
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    type of:
    basura, birria, bodrio, borra, hojarasca, paja, porquería, zurrapa, ñiquiñaque
    worthless material that is to be disposed of
  4. noun
    the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
    synonyms: cagafierro, escoria, grasa, moco, tepetate, yegua
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