SCOMBER

Scomber, genus Scomber

(noun) type genus of the Scombridae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Scom"ber, n. Etym: [L., a mackerel, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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