Scombroid: alternatives and connections

A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Med…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The…

An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family.

A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American…

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the Eng…

The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Bill…

A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.

A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less common…

A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…

Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the…

A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel gu…

A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (…

long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel

One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one'…

The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.