horse mackerel

/ˌhɔrs ˌˈmækərəl/

Definitions of horse mackerel

1. noun

   a California food fish
   synonyms: Spanish mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, jack mackerel, saurel

   type of:

   scad

   any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
2. noun

   large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
   synonyms: Trachurus trachurus, saurel

   type of:

   scad

   any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
3. noun

   largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
   synonyms: Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna

   type of:

   tuna, tunny

   any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters