Horse mackerel
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Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zool.)
A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is
valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse
crevall['e]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow
mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other
species of {Caranx} (as {Caranx fallax}) are also sometimes
called jurel. Juridic
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Mackerel \Mack`er*el\, n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL.
macarellus), prob. for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in
allusion to the markings on the fish. See {Mail} armor.]
(Zool.)
Any species of the genus {Scomber} of the family
{Scombridae}, and of several related genera. They are finely
formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are
highly prized for food.
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Note: The common mackerel ({Scomber scombrus}), which
inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of
the most important food fishes. It is mottled with
green and blue. The Spanish mackerel ({Scomberomorus
maculatus}), of the American coast, is covered with
bright yellow circular spots.
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{Bull mackerel}, {Chub mackerel}. (Zool.) See under {Chub}.
{Frigate mackerel}. See under {Frigate}.
{Horse mackerel} . See under {Horse}.
{Mackerel bird} (Zool.), the wryneck; -- so called because it
arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in
season.
{Mackerel cock} (Zool.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called
because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the
east coast of Ireland.
{Mackerel guide}. (Zool.) See {Garfish}
(a) .
{Mackerel gull} (Zool.) any one of several species of gull
which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake.
{Mackerel midge} (Zool.), a very small oceanic gadoid fish of
the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long
and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now
considered the young of the genus {Onos}, or {Motella}.
{Mackerel plow}, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean
mackerel to improve their appearance. --Knight.
{Mackerel shark} (Zool.), the porbeagle.
{Mackerel sky}, or {Mackerel-back sky}, a sky flecked with
small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See {Cloud}.
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Mackerel sky and mare's-tails
Make tall ships carry low sails. --Old Rhyme.
[1913 Webster] mackerel scad
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Tuna \Tu"na\, n. [Cf. {Tunny}.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes
belonging to the mackerel family {Scombridae}, especially
the {bluefin tuna} ({Thunnus thynnus}, formerly {Orcynus
thynnus} or {Albacora thynnus}), called also the {common
tunny} or {great tunny}, a native of the Mediterranean Sea
and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes
weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught
commercially in large quantity for use as food; -- also
called, especially in Britain, {tunny}. It is also one of
the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing
sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England,
it is sometimes called the {horse mackerel}. Another
well-known species is the {yellowfin tuna} ({Thunnus
albacares}) of warm seas. the See Illust. of {Horse
mackerel}, under {Horse}.
Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albacore ({Thunnus alalunga}) (see
{Albacore}), are related species of smaller size.
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2. The bonito, 2.
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3. the meat of the tuna, used as food; -- also called {tuna
fish}.
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Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus,
thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.]
(Zool.)
The chiefly British equivalent of {tuna}; any one of several
species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel
family, especially the common or great tunny ({Thunnus
thynnus} syn. {Albacora thynnus}, formerly {Orcynus thynnus})
native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It
sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is
extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American
coast it is called {horse mackerel}. See Illust. of {Horse
mackerel}, under {Horse}. [Written also {thynny}.]
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Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albicore ({Thunnus alalunga}, see
{Albacore}), are related species of smaller size.
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Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the
family {Carangid[ae]}, valued as a food fish, and widely
distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and
Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in
Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}.
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2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the
family {Labrid[ae]}.
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Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
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