scombroid
English
Etymology
From Greek σκομβρος (skomvros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
Pronunciation
Adjective
scombroid (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 […]
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
Related terms
Noun
scombroid (plural scombroids)
- Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.