scombroid
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editscombroid (not comparable)
- 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
editNoun
editscombroid (countable and uncountable, plural scombroids)
- (countable) Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
- (uncountable) A form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish.