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mackerel vs Spanish mackerel

Spanish mackerel vs mackerel

mackerel and Spanish mackerel both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mackerel Yes No No No
Spanish mackerel Yes No No No
As nouns, Spanish mackerel is a hyponym of mackerel; that is, Spanish mackerel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mackerel:
  • mackerel: any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
  • Spanish mackerel: medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
As nouns, Spanish mackerel is a hyponym of mackerel; that is, Spanish mackerel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mackerel:
  • mackerel: flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
  • Spanish mackerel: flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America
Other hyponyms of mackerel include smoked mackerel.
mackerel (noun) Spanish mackerel (noun)
any of various fishes of the family Scombridae any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
a California food fish
flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America
Difference between mackerel and Spanish mackerel

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