scombroid

English

Etymology

From Greek σκομβρος ‘tuna, mackerel’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskɒmbrɔɪd/

Adjective

scombroid (not comparable)

1. pertaining to a mackerel

   • 1973: ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy... — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Related terms

• scombral

Noun

scombroid (plural scombroids)

1. Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.

Anagrams

• cobordism