scombroid

adj
/ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.

  1. derived from σκόμβρος

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to mackerel.

    • ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy […]
  2. Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.

  3. A form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scombroid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA