scombroid

adjective

1. resembling the mackerel.
2. resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae.

noun

3. a mackerel or related scombroid fish.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Scombroidea, a suborder of marine spiny-finned fishes having a spindle-shaped body and a forked powerful tail: includes the mackerels, tunnies, bonitos, swordfish, and sailfish

noun

2. any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea