noun
mackerel
MAK-rul/ˈmækrəl/
An oily sea fish commonly eaten as food.
The mackerel swims with a streamlined body and dark wavy markings.
Etymology
Old French maquerel already named the fish, but its earlier origin is unknown. A suggested connection with Latin macula, “spot,” would refer to its dark markings, though that ancestry remains uncertain.
In context
two thousand mackerel, five hundred crabs, a thousand lobsters, five thousand whiting—” “I doubt not, Master Mayor, that you are an excellent fishmonger