cero

noun, plural (especially collectively) ce·ro, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) ce·ros.

1. a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
2. any of various related fishes.

1. a combining form meaning “wax,” used in the formation of compound words: cerotype.

noun plural -ro or -ros

1. a large spiny-finned food fish, Scomberomorus regalis, of warm American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Scombridae (mackerels, tunnies, etc)
2. any similar or related fish

combining form

1. indicating the use of waxceroplastic

word-forming element meaning “waxy,” from Latinized form of Greek kero-, comb. form of keros (see cere (n.)).