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Any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
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mackerel
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mackerel may refer to: Mackerel , any of a number of different species of fish Mackerel as food Mackerel sky , a formation of altocumulus clouds Mackerel, a type of Tabby cat Mackerel Islets , two small islands off eastern Tasmania, Australia , the name ...
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n. flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
edible fish, c.1300, from Old French maquerel "mackerel" (Modern French maquereau ), of unknown origin but apparently identical with Old French maquerel "pimp, procurer, broker, agent, intermediary," a word from a Germanic source (compare Middle Dutch makelaer ...
Usage examples of mackerel.
Clean the mackerel, sprinkle with vinegar, wrap in a floured cloth and baste closely.
Split the mackerel down the back and broil carefully over a clear fire.
Split two fresh mackerel, remove the backbone, season with salt and pepper, rub with olive-oil, and broil.
Draw and wash the mackerel, cut off the head, rub with olive-oil, and broil.
Split a mackerel down the back, take out the backbone, sprinkle with salt, and broil on a buttered gridiron.
Split and broil a fresh mackerel and serve with melted butter, seasoned with anchovy paste.
Open the mackerel, remove the bones, sprinkle with pepper and salt, spread with butter, and broil.
Broil a Spanish mackerel, seasoning with salt and pepper, and basting with oil.
Soak cleaned mackerel in oil with chopped onion and parsley to season.
Clean four fresh mackerel, remove the heads and tails and cut in halves crosswise.
Clean the mackerel, split down the back and cut each fish in four pieces.
Gash two cleaned fresh mackerel, and put in a buttered baking-dish with two tablespoonfuls of white wine, three tablespoonfuls of mushroom liquor, a chopped shallot, and salt and pepper to season.
Remove the head and backbone from a large fresh mackerel, and place the roe on top.
Arrange upon it the fillets of four fresh mackerel, skinned and seasoned with salt and pepper.
Bind with the yolk of a raw egg and fill a cleaned fresh mackerel with the stuffing.