mackerel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a streamlined sea fish with dark wavy markings, commonly caught for food

   A school of mackerel flashed beneath the surface beside the boat.

2. 2
   noun

   the oily flesh of this fish eaten as food

   The cafe served smoked mackerel with lemon and black pepper.

Appears in

From Middle English makerel, through Old French maquerel. Its deeper origin is uncertain; a traditional comparison with words for 'broker' led to a doubtful folk explanation involving the fish escorting shoals of herring.

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