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scombers

scombers is the plural of scomber.

scombers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scombers

What is scombers the plural of?
Scombers is the plural of scomber.

Words near scombers in the dictionary

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

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