scombroid
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
1
Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
2
A form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish.
scombroid
adj/ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/
Etymology From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
1
Pertaining to mackerel.
- ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy […]1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- Related terms
- scombral