| 单词 | jack mackerel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack mackerel jack mackerel n. any of several mackerel-like pelagic fishes of the carangid genus Trachurus, esp. T. symmetricus of the eastern Pacific; (also) any of several similar fishes, as the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, and jacks of the genus Caranx. ΚΠ 1882 G. C. Eggleston Wreck of ‘Red Bird’ iii. 18 They call them blue fish up North, I believe, but we call them skipjacks or jack mackerel. 1950 Rep. Fisheries Div., Dept. Commerce & Agric. (Austral.) 7 The Division..was instrumental in having the species renamed jack mackerel. 1993 Jrnl. Sci. Food & Agric. 63 227 Japanese jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)..is similar to African jack mackerel (Caranx hippos). 2003 Time Out N.Y. 14 Aug. 31/1 Yashia makes dishes with the day's best seafood..say, jack mackerel, fluke and fatty tuna laced with barley miso, trefoil or shiso. < as lemmas |
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