scombroid
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1. important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters (noun.animal)
| hyponym | : | mackerel, |
| definition | : | any of various fishes of the family Scombridae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tuna, tunny, |
| definition | : | any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bonito, |
| definition | : | any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | euthynnus pelamis, skipjack, skipjack tuna, |
| definition | : | oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | swordfish, xiphias gladius, |
| definition | : | large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sailfish, |
| definition | : | large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | billfish, |
| definition | : | giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | louvar, luvarus imperialis, |
| definition | : | large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | squaretail, |
| definition | : | sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters (noun.animal) |
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