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Definition of Scombrids
1. scombrid [n] - See also: scombrid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scombrids
Literary usage of Scombrids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1882)
"... it was observed that those of the scombrids differed so greatly from ...
is broader than long, and in general very much like that of the scombrids. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Frigate- mackerels are scombrids ... the largest of the scombrids, sometimes
attaining a length of over 10 feet anda weight of half a ton, found on both ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... apparently without the necessity of rest (many sharks, scombrids, sword-fishes),
pass from one ocean into the other. Most numerous between the tropics, ..."
4. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Small scombrids, intermediate in form between the common mackerel and bonito,
with elongate, plump body, destitute of scales except along lateral line and ..."
5. Fishing by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1904)
"The excellent figures and the charts accompanying this memoir should prove of
great utility to tuna fishers. Other less important scombrids of exceptional ..."
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