mackerel gaff (makerelgaf)

See gaff1. mackerel-guide (mak'e-rel-gid), n. A local English name of the garfish, Belone vulgar is, from the fact that it comes toward the shore a little before the appearance of mackerel. Day. mackerel-gull (mak'e-rel-gul), n. A common name in the United States of terns or sea-swallows, from the forked tail. Such species as Sterna hirundo, S. forsteri, S. macrura, etc., are known by this name. mackereller, n. See mackereler . mackerel-midge (mak'e-rel-mij), n. The young of the rocklings, gadoid fishes of the genus Mo tell a or of Onos. [Prov. Eng.]