Scomber

skom′bėr, n. a genus of acanthopterygian fishes typical of the family Scombridæ , to which belong mackerel, tunnies, bonitos, .— ns. Scomber′esox , the mackerel pikes, saury pikes, or sauries; Scomberom′or us , the Spanish mackerel and related species.— adjs. Scom′briform , Scom′brid , -al , Scom′broid . [L.,—Gr. skombros , a mackerel.]