MACK'EREL
\mˈakəɹə͡l], \mˈakəɹəl], \m_ˈa_k_ə_ɹ_əl]\
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mak'[.e]r-el, n. a food fish, dark blue, with wavy cross-streaks above, and silvery below.--n. MACK'EREL-SKY, a sky with clouds broken into long, thin, white, parallel masses. [O. Fr. makerel (Fr. maquereau), prob. from L. macula, a spot.]
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