'Trachurus saurus' definitions:
Definition of 'Trachurus saurus'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Trachurus saurus'
From: GCIDE
- Scad \Scad\, n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zool.) (a) A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. (b) The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler. (c) The friar skate. [Scot.] (d) The cigar fish, or round robin. [1913 Webster]