Definition of "horse mackerel" [horse mackerel]

• See saurel. (noun)
• Any of several tunas or related fishes. (noun)

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• "Why, I was comin 'home from Diver's Rock the other day – just a week ago last Saturday – I had been round there up the shore after fish; – you know the rock where the horse mackerel comes?"