scombroid

noun scom·broid \ˈskäm-ˌbrȯid\

Definition of SCOMBROID

: any of a suborder (Scombroidei) of marine bony fishes (as mackerels, tunas, albacores, bonitos, and swordfishes) of great economic importance as food fishes

— scombroid adjective

Origin of SCOMBROID

ultimately from Greek skombros mackerel

First Known Use: 1852

Rhymes with SCOMBROID

android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid

Medical Dictionary

scombroid

noun scom·broid \ˈskäm-ˌbrȯid\

Medical Definition of SCOMBROID

: any of a suborder (Scombroidea) of marine bony fishes (as mackerels, tunas, albacores, bonitos, and swordfishes) which are of great economic importance as food fishes and are sometimes a source of poisoning due to heat-stable toxins produced by bacterial action on fish with dark meat

—scombroid adjective