horse mackerel

noun

1

: any of various large carangid food fishes

especially : jack mackerel

2

: bluefin tuna

Examples of horse mackerel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Initial bites include ikura tartlet, a fresh salmon roe tartlet; katsuo pesto, skipjack tuna with pesto spaghetti; and aji toast, with horse mackerel and homemade milk bread. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025

Rather than the usual aji, or Japanese horse mackerel, the aquarium has been trying to feed its penguins a more common type of mackerel called saba that’s larger and, according to the finicky, flightless birds, less appetizing. — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 7 July 2022

Instead, Currie’s nets caught mostly gurnards, Cape horse mackerel, spiny dogfish, and shallow-water hake, and white sea catfish, which together made up 85 percent of Currie’s catch, compared with a historical three percent. — Petro Kotzé, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2020

In the Mediterranean samples there were rock gobies, horse mackerel and sardines. — The Economist, 5 June 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1