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Definition of: scombroid
(skom′broid) adjective
Of or pertaining to a family (Scombridae) of acanthopterygian fishes, including mackerels, tunnies, and related genera.
—noun One of the Scombridae. [<NL <L scomber a mackerel <Gk. skombros]
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