Trachurus

noun

Tra·​chu·​rus

trəˈkyu̇rəs

: a genus of marine carangid fishes including various important food fishes compare horse mackerel, jack mackerel

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek trachouros horse mackerel, from trachys rough + oura tail; akin to Greek orrhos buttocks

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