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

spanish \span"ish\, a.
   of or pertaining to spain or the spaniards.
   1913 webster

   spanish bayonet bot., a liliaceous plant yucca
      alorifolia with rigid spine-tipped leaves. the name is
      also applied to other similar plants of the southwestern
      united states and mexico. called also spanish daggers.
      

   spanish bean bot. see the note under bean.

   spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
      --ure.

   spanish broom bot., a leguminous shrub spartium
      junceum having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

   spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
      a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
      sesquioxide of iron.

   spanish buckeye bot., a small tree ungnadia speciosa
      of texas, new mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
      having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

   spanish burton naut., a purchase composed of two single
      blocks. a

   double spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
      --luce textbook of seamanship.

   spanish chalk min., a kind of steatite; -- so called
      because obtained from aragon in spain.

   spanish cress bot., a cruciferous plant lepidium
      cadamines, a species of peppergrass.

   spanish curlew zool., the long-billed curlew. u.s.

   spanish daggers bot. see spanish bayonet.

   spanish elm bot., a large west indian tree cordia
      gerascanthus furnishing hard and useful timber.

   spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
      calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
      

   spanish flag zool., the california rockfish
      sebastichthys rubrivinctus. it is conspicuously
      colored with bands of red and white.

   spanish fly zool., a brilliant green beetle, common in
      the south of europe, used for raising blisters. see
      blister beetle under blister, and cantharis.

   spanish fox naut., a yarn twisted against its lay.

   spanish grass. bot. see esparto.

   spanish juice bot., licorice.

   spanish leather. see cordwain.

   spanish mackerel. zool.
   a a species of mackerel scomber colias found both in
       europe and america. in america called chub mackerel,
       big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
   b in the united states, a handsome mackerel having bright
       yellow round spots scomberomorus maculatus, highly
       esteemed as a food fish. the name is sometimes
       erroneously applied to other species. see illust. under
       mackerel.

   spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
      portion of the caribbean sea, together with the contiguous
      coast, embracing the route traversed by spanish treasure
      ships from the new to the old world.

   spanish moss. bot. see tillandsia and note at that
      entry.

   spanish needles bot., a composite weed bidens
      bipinnata having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

   spanish nut bot., a bulbous plant iris sisyrinchium
      of the south of europe.

   spanish potato bot., the sweet potato. see under
      potato.

   spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling venetian
      red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --fairholt.

   spanish reef naut., a knot tied in the head of a
      jib-headed sail.

   spanish sheep zool., a merino.

   spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
      pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
      pigment.

   spanish windlass naut., a wooden roller, with a rope
      wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
      serve as a lever.
      1913 webster
see also:
spanish bayonet yucca alorifolia spanish daggers spanish bean bean spanish black 
spanish broom spartium junceum spanish brown spanish buckeye ungnadia speciosa 
spanish burton double spanish burton spanish chalk spanish cress lepidium cadamines 
spanish curlew spanish elm cordia gerascanthus spanish feretto spanish flag 
sebastichthys rubrivinctus spanish fly blister beetle blister cantharis 
spanish fox spanish grass esparto spanish juice spanish leather 
cordwain spanish mackerel scomber colias chub mackerel big-eyed mackerel 
bull mackerel scomberomorus maculatus spanish main spanish moss tillandsia 
spanish needles bidens bipinnata spanish nut iris sisyrinchium spanish potato 
potato spanish red spanish reef spanish sheep spanish white 
spanish windlass 

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

mackerel \mack`erel\, n. of. maquerel, f. maquereau ll.
   macarellus, prob. for maclereau, fr. l. macula a spot, in
   allusion to the markings on the fish. see mail armor.
   zool.
   any species of the genus scomber of the family
   scombridae, and of several related genera. they are finely
   formed and very active oceanic fishes. most of them are
   highly prized for food.
   1913 webster

   note: the common mackerel scomber scombrus, which
         inhabits both sides of the north atlantic, is one of
         the most important food fishes. it is mottled with
         green and blue. the spanish mackerel scomberomorus
         maculatus, of the american coast, is covered with
         bright yellow circular spots.
         1913 webster

   bull mackerel, chub mackerel. zool. see under chub.
      

   frigate mackerel. see under frigate.

   horse mackerel . see under horse.

   mackerel bird zool., the wryneck; -- so called because it
      arrives in england at the time when mackerel are in
      season.

   mackerel cock zool., the manx shearwater; -- so called
      because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the
      east coast of ireland.

   mackerel guide. zool. see garfish
   a .

   mackerel gull zool. any one of several species of gull
      which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake.

   mackerel midge zool., a very small oceanic gadoid fish of
      the north atlantic. it is about an inch and a half long
      and has four barbels on the upper jaw. it is now
      considered the young of the genus onos, or motella.

   mackerel plow, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean
      mackerel to improve their appearance. --knight.

   mackerel shark zool., the porbeagle.

   mackerel sky, or mackerel-back sky, a sky flecked with
      small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. see cloud.
      1913 webster

            mackerel sky and mare's-tails
            make tall ships carry low sails.      --old rhyme.
      1913 webster mackerel scad
see also:
mail scomber scombridae scomber scombrus scomberomorus maculatus bull mackerel 
chub mackerel chub frigate mackerel frigate horse mackerel 
horse mackerel bird mackerel cock mackerel guide garfish 
mackerel gull mackerel midge onos motella mackerel plow 
mackerel shark mackerel sky mackerel-back sky cloud 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

scomberomorus maculatus
     n : a large commercially important mackerel of the atlantic
         coastal waters of north america

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