Saurel

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zool.)
     Any carangoid fish of the genus {Trachurus}, especially
     {Trachurus trachurus}, or {Trachurus saurus}, of Europe and
     America, and {Trachurus picturatus} of California. Called
     also {skipjack}, and {horse mackerel}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  saurel
       n 1: large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters
            of Europe [syn: {horse mackerel}, {Trachurus trachurus}]
       2: a California food fish [syn: {horse mackerel}, {jack
          mackerel}, {Spanish mackerel}, {Trachurus symmetricus}]