scombroid

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/

Adjective

scombroid (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to mackerel.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy […]

Related terms

• scombral

Noun

scombroid (countable and uncountable, plural scombroids)

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.

Anagrams

• cobordism