Associations to the word «Scombridae»

Wiktionary

SCOMBRIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes   — the mackerels, tunas and bonitos.

Dictionary definition

SCOMBRIDAE, noun. Marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats