Definition of "saury" []

• Any of several offshore marine fishes of the family Scomberesocidae, related to the needlefishes. (noun)

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• "A rise in sea surface temperature often changes the migratory habits of fish such as saury, known in Japan as sanma, as the fish leave their regular haunts to seek cooler waters."
• "Samna are pacific saury – a small, silver fish related to the mackerel and the sardine."
• "Possible role of the Kuroshio Current in determining distribution of saury in the Northwestern Pacific."