scomberomorus maculatus

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   a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America

   BroaderSpanish mackerel

   Part ofScomberomorus

Questions about scomberomorus maculatus

What does scomberomorus maculatus mean?

scomberomorus maculatus means "a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America".

Is scomberomorus maculatus a common word?

scomberomorus maculatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.