snake mackerel

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   predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth

   SynonymsGempylus serpens

   Broadergempylid

   Part ofGempylidae

Questions about snake mackerel

What does snake mackerel mean?

snake mackerel means "predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth".

What is another word for snake mackerel?

Close synonyms include Gempylus serpens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snake mackerel a common word?

snake mackerel 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.