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king mackerel
noun
: a mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) of the western Atlantic Ocean that is noted especially as a fighting sport fish
Examples of king mackerel in a Sentence
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No need to tip the hooks with squid or shrimp, but get your baits aboard quickly, as opportunistic king mackerel and barracuda love helping themselves to an easy meal.
—David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 7 Mar. 2024
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lists top predator species—including tilefish, swordfish, sharks, and king mackerel—as the fish with the highest levels of mercury.
—Gia Mora, Treehugger, 8 Mar. 2023
Want to troll for king mackerel or striped bass?
—Popular Science, 25 June 2020
It’s the secret sauce that adds surprising dimension to meaty chunks of thora fish, or king mackerel.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
The fish highest in mercury include king mackerel, marlin, bigeye tuna and swordfish.
—Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022
The element then enters the atmosphere and is passed up the food chain from one organism to another, sometimes accumulating in high quantities in predatory fish like shark, swordfish and king mackerel.
—Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Sometimes those predators - speckled trout, redfish, black drum, pompano, even the occasional tarpon and king mackerel - plow into the congregations of forage.
—Shannon Tompkins, Chron, 11 June 2021
Additional jackpot tickets are available: Red Snapper ($50 per angler), big game ($350 per boat), king mackerel ($200 per boat) and speckled trout ($35 per angler).
—al, 21 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1930, in the meaning defined above
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“King mackerel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/king%20mackerel. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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king mackerel
noun
: a mackerel of the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean that is a food and sport fish
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