scombroid
/ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/adjective, noun
scombroid is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to mackerel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-O-M-B-R-O-I-D, and it appears about once in every 76 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does scombroid mean?
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to mackerel.
noun
- 1
Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
- 2
A form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce scombroid?
- /ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of scombroid
- scombroids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is scombroid?
Scombroid appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does scombroid come from?
From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).