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scomberoid

scomberoid is the alternative form of scombroid.

Meaning of scombroid

Adjective

scombroid (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to mackerel.
    • ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy […]1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

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Forms of scomberoid

Adjective
comparativemore scomberoid
superlativemost scomberoid
Noun
pluralscomberoids

Questions about scomberoid

What is scomberoid the alternative form of?
Scomberoid is the alternative form of scombroid.

Words near scomberoid in the dictionary

  1. scomber
  2. scombered
  3. scomberesocid
  4. scomberesocids
  5. scombering
  6. scomberoid
  7. scomberoids
  8. scombers
  9. scombral
  10. scombrid
  11. scombrids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scomberoid (page history and authors); scombroid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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