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scombered

scombered is the simple past and past participle of scomber.

Meaning of scomber

Noun

scomber (plural scombers)

  1. A fish of the genus Scomber.
    • […] the familiar name by which all scombers are known at Montpelier being the peis d’avril, or April fish. […] All times and tongues have agreed to call the first of these scombers by some name allusive to the warlike weapon carried in his mouth—viz., a sword, several feet in length, finely...1853 March, “The Last of the Scombers”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XLVII, number CCLXXIX, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], pages 260–262

Questions about scombered

What is scombered the simple past and past participle of?
Scombered is the simple past and past participle of scomber.

Words near scombered in the dictionary

  1. scolytines
  2. scolytoid
  3. scolytoids
  4. Scoma
  5. scomber
  6. scombered
  7. scomberesocid
  8. scomberesocids
  9. scombering
  10. scomberoid
  11. scomberoids

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