noun, plural (especially collectively) ce·ro, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) ce·ros.
- a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- any of various related fishes.
- a combining form meaning “wax,” used in the formation of compound words: cerotype.
noun plural -ro or -ros
- a large spiny-finned food fish, Scomberomorus regalis, of warm American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Scombridae (mackerels, tunnies, etc)
- any similar or related fish
combining form
- indicating the use of waxceroplastic
word-forming element meaning “waxy,” from Latinized form of Greek kero-, comb. form of keros (see cere (n.)).