ˈhorse-ˈmackerel
A name for several fishes allied to the mackerel; esp. the Cavally or Scad (Caranx vulgaris).
Also in various parts of U.S. the common Tunny, the Jurel (Caranx pisquetus), the Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), the Black Candle-fish (Anoplopoma fimbria), the Californian Hake (Merlucius productus), and the Ten-pounder (Elops saurus). (Cent. Dict.)
| a 1705 Ray Synops. Pisc. (1713) 92 Tracherus..A Scad..a Horse Mackrell. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 126 Scorpens, mullets, horse-mackrel, and many other sorts. 1838 Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 6. 171 The Scad or Horse-Mackerel. 1860 Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 3), Blue-Fish,..on the Jersey coast..called Horse-Mackerel. 1862 Ansted Channel Isl. ii. ix. (ed. 2) 212 The horse-mackarel also is considered poor and dry. |