Толковый словарь английского языка - mackerel
Mackerel
mackerel
noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English makerel, from Anglo-French Date: 14th century a scombroid fish (Scomber scombrus of the family Scombridae) of the North Atlantic that is green above with dark blue bars and silvery below and is a commercially important food fish, any of various fishes (as the wahoo and king ~) in the same family as the ~ especially when distinguished from the related bonito or tuna by a comparatively smaller size
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n. (pl. same or mackerels) a N. Atlantic marine fish, Scomber scombrus, with a greenish-blue body, used for food. Phrases and idioms mackerel shark a porbeagle. mackerel sky a sky dappled with rows of small white fleecy clouds, like the pattern on a mackerel's back. Etymology: ME f. AF makerel, OF maquerel ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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