n.
Pronunciation: ' ma-k( ə -)r ə l
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural mackerel or mackerels
Etymology: Middle English makerel, from Anglo-French
Date: 14th century
1 : a scombroid fish ( Scomber scombrus of the family Scombridae) of the No. Atlantic that is green above with dark blue bars and silvery below and is a commercially important food fish
2 : any of various fishes (as the wahoo and king mackerel) in the same family as the mackerel especially when distinguished from the related bonito or tuna by a comparatively smaller size
mackerel