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PRONUNCIATION OF HORSE MACKEREL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORSE MACKEREL

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Horse mackerel is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HORSE MACKEREL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Horse mackerel

Horse mackerel is a vague vernacular term for a range of species of fish throughout the English-speaking world. It is commonly applied to pelagic fishes, especially of the Carangidae family, most commonly those of the genera Trachurus or Caranx. Species known as "horse mackerel" in one English dialect or another include: ▪ Alectis indicus, Indian threadfish ▪ Caranx crysos, blue runner ▪ Caranx hippos, Crevalle jack ▪ Megalaspis cordyla, torpedo scad ▪ Naucrates ductor, pilot fish ▪ Sarda australis, Australian bonito ▪ various saurel of the Pacific coast of the Americas ▪ various Scombridae, tuna ▪ Selar crumenophthalmus, bigeye ▪ Trachurus capensis, cape horse mackerel ▪ Trachurus declivis, Greenback horse mackerel ▪ Trachurus japonicus, Japanese horse mackerel ▪ Trachurus novaezelandiae, yellowtail horse mackerel ▪ Trachurus trachurus, Atlantic horse mackerel...

Definition of horse mackerel in the English dictionary

The definition of horse mackerel in the dictionary is Also called: scad. a mackerel-like carangid fish, Trachurus of European Atlantic waters, with a row of bony scales along the lateral line Sometimes called : saurel. Other definition of horse mackerel is any of various large tunnies or related fishes.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORSE MACKEREL

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HORSE MACKEREL

becquerel
cheverel
cockerel
doggerel
dotterel
haverel
hoggerel
kerel
mackerel
pickerel
snake mackerel
Spanish mackerel
spotted mackerel

Synonyms and antonyms of horse mackerel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «horse mackerel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORSE MACKEREL

Find out the translation of horse mackerel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of horse mackerel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horse mackerel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

竹荚鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jurel
570 millions of speakers

English

horse mackerel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

होसेमेकरैल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحصان الماكريل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ставрида
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carapau
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘোড়া ম্যাকরল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chinchard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mackerel kuda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stöcker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アジ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전갱이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mackerel jaran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá thu ngựa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குதிரை மேக்கர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घोडा मॅकेलल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istavrit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

suro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ostroboka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ставрида
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stavrid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαυρίδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

marsbankers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taggmakrill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hestmakrell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of horse mackerel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORSE MACKEREL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORSE MACKEREL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORSE MACKEREL»

Discover the use of horse mackerel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to horse mackerel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Peruvian Anchoveta and Its Upwelling Ecosystem: Three ...
The Importance of Mackerel and Horse Mackerel Predation for the Peruvian Anchoveta Stock (A Population and Feeding Model)* PETER MUCK do Institute del Mar del Peru P.O. Box 22, Callao, Peru GUADALUPE SANCHEZ Jnstituto del Mar ...
Daniel Pauly, I. Tsukayama, International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, 1987
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Rapport Du Groupe de Travail de la FAO Sur L'évaluation Des ...
4. HORSE MACKEREL The two main species considered in terms of the evaluation are the Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) and the Cunene horse mackerel (Trachurus trecae). For the false scad (Caranx rhonchus) only catch ...
‎2006
3
Fish and Shellfish: Shared Nordic Marine Stocks
5 .57 North Sea and Western Horse Mackerel in the North-East Atlantic Area ( ICES Divisions Ila, Illa, Iva, IVb-c, Vb, VIa, VHac,e-k, Vhd, VIIIa-b,d-e) Characteristics: Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus, of the North Sea stock and the ...
Rasmus Nielsen, 1994
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The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570): L'arte et prudenza ...
The appearance and season of a horse mackerel.67.1 A horse mackerel, too, has no scales and looks like a mackerel, though it has sort of little dotted lines over its full length; its belly from the umbilicus back has thistlelike spines; its tail is  ...
Terence Scully, 2011
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The Dr. Fridtjof Nansen Programme 1975-1993: Investigations ...
These are mainly caused by changes in the distribution of the Cape horse mackerel related to the seasonal shift of the front between the Benguela and the Angola Current systems. The Cape horse mackerel represents the major part of this ...
‎1999
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The Living Marine Resources of the Southeast Atlantic
2.9.3 Catches The first information on the catches of horse mackerel came from Division 1 . 6 and the Angolan coast in the 1950's, although it had been fished much earlier. Until the 1960's, it was taken almost exclusively by purse seine. At that ...
A. Wysokiński, 1986
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Namibia's Fisheries: Ecological, Economic and Social Aspects
Cape horse mackerel have been found to remain at similar depths in shallow waters (50 m) while in adjacent, deeper waters, taking on extensive vertical migrations (Anon., 2003b). Figure 5 shows a scattering layer of Cape horse mackerel ...
Ussif Rashid Sumaila, 2004
8
Cooking with the Bible: Biblical Food, Feasts, and Lore
and spotted Spanish mackerel of the Scombridae family; the Atlantic horse mackerel, blue jack mackerel, Cape horse mackerel, Cunene horse mackerel, greenback horse mackerel, Japanese horse mackerel, Mediterranean horse mackerel, ...
Anthony F. Chiffolo, Rayner W. Hesse, 2006
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Oceanography And Marine Biology
VPA estimates of the biomass of pilchard Sardinops ocellatus, Cape horse mackerel Trachurus capensis and Cape hakes Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus off Namibia, showing expansion of the horse mackerel resource following ...
Harold Barnes, 2003
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Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review
Other species (e.g., horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus capensis and ribbon fish Lepidopus caudatus) are retained or discarded depending on market demand, whereas a third group (e.g., grenadiers Caelorinchus symorhincus and ...
R. N. Gibson, R. J. A. Atkinson, J. D. M. Gordon, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORSE MACKEREL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term horse mackerel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Navy rules out illegal Chinese fishing vessels in EEZ
... on Monday, after several Chilean vessels reported the presence of some foreign vessels in the EEZ, an area where horse mackerel abounds. «FIS, Jul 15»
2
Fishing rights sellers to face music
... remaining on top of their game “in the selected product markets in which we have a comparative advantage like hake, horse mackerel, etc.” «Namibian, Jul 15»
3
Turkey's fishing industry shrinking
The production of sardine and horse mackerel also decreased by 24.4 percent and 42.6 percent, respectively, in 2014 compared to the ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jul 15»
4
'Print Tsunami' illustrates Japanese influences on European art …
Japanese prints like Utagawa Hiroshige's “Two Horse Mackerel and Two Shrimp” inspired European prints like Charles-Louis-M. Houdard's ... «Wisconsin Gazette, Jul 15»
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Eight Generations of Fishing Knowledge Went Into This Crab Salad
The pots are put into the sea baited up with scads [horse mackerel] and frames [cod bones], and put in the water and left for 12 to 24 hours or ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Jun 15»
6
Camanchaca presents its first sustainability report
The company produces and exports fishmeal and fish oil as well as canned fish (mainly horse mackerel and mackerel). And its aquaculture ... «FIS, Jun 15»
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Seafood landings continue falling
Sardine, anchovy and horse mackerel respectively accounted for 32.3 per cent, 30.9 per cent and 20.3 per cent of landings in the accumulated ... «FIS, Jun 15»
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Fishing: Consultation on quotas
... sector policies for Abalone, Hake Inshore Trawl, Horse Mackerel, KwaZulu-Natal Beach Seine, Large Pelagic, Net Fish, Patagonian Toothfish ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»
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Northwest Portland's best restaurants: Diner 2015
The latter might include quality amberjack or albacore belly nigiri, a flight of bright-orange salmon sashimi or horse mackerel served on the ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
10
Dutch vessel guilty of breaching EU law in Irish waters
Since January of this year, EU regulations have made it illegal to discharge or return pelagic fish such as herring, mackerel or horse mackerel ... «Undercurrent News, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Horse mackerel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/horse-mackerel>. May 2024 ».
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