Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mackerel \Mack`er*el\, n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL.
   macarellus), prob. for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in
   allusion to the markings on the fish. See {Mail} armor.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any species of the genus {Scomber}, and of several related
   genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic
   fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.

   Note: The common mackerel ({Scomber scombrus}), which
         inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of
         the most important food fishes. It is mottled with
         green and blue. The Spanish mackerel ({Scomberomorus
         maculatus}), of the American coast, is covered with
         bright yellow circular spots.

   {Bull mackerel}, {Chub mackerel}. (Zo["o]l.) See under
      {Chub}.

   {Frigate mackerel}. See under {Frigate}.

   {Horse mackerel} . See under {Horse}.

   {Mackerel bird} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck; -- so called because
      it arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in
      season.

   {Mackerel cock} (Zo["o]l.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called
      because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the
      east coast of Ireland.

   {Mackerel guide}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Garfish}
   (a) .

   {Mackerel gull} (Zo["o]l.) any one of several species of gull
      which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake.

   {Mackerel midge} (Zo["o]l.), a very small oceanic gadoid fish
      of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long
      and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now
      considered the young of the genus {Onos}, or {Motella}.

   {Mackerel plow}, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean
      mackerel to improve their appearance. --Knight.

   {Mackerel shark} (Zo["o]l.), the porbeagle.

   {Mackerel sky}, or {Mackerel-back sky}, a sky flecked with
      small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See {Cloud}.

            Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry
            low sails.                            --Old Rhyme.

Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.

   {Spanish bayonet} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
      alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
      also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
      United States and mexico. Called also {Spanish daggers}.
      

   {Spanish bean} (Bot.) See the Note under {Bean}.

   {Spanish black}, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
      --Ure.

   {Spanish broom} (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
      junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

   {Spanish brown}, a species of earth used in painting, having
      a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
      sesquioxide of iron.

   {Spanish buckeye} (Bot.), a small tree ({Ungnadia speciosa})
      of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
      having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

   {Spanish burton} (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
      blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two
      single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

   {Spanish chalk} (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
      because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

   {Spanish cress} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({lepidium
      Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

   {Spanish curiew} (Zo["o]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]
      

   {Spanish daggers} (Bot.) See {Spanish bayonet}.

   {Spanish elm} (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
      Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

   {Spanish feretto}, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
      calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
      

   {Spanish flag} (Zo["o]l.), the California rockfish
      ({Sebastichthys rubrivinctus}). It is conspicuously
      colored with bands of red and white.

   {Spanish fly} (Zo["o]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
      the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
      {Blister beetle} under {Blister}, and {Cantharis}.

   {Spanish fox} (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

   {Spanish grass}. (Bot.) See {Esparto}.

   {Spanish juice} (Bot.), licorice.

   {Spanish leather}. See {Cordwain}.

   {Spanish mackerel}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A species of mackerel ({Scomber colias}) found both in
       Europe and America. In America called {chub mackerel},
       {big-eyed mackerel}, and {bull mackerel}.
   (b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
       yellow round spots ({Scomberomorus maculatus}), highly
       esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
       erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
       Mackerel.

   {Spanish main}, the name formerly given to the southern
      portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
      coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
      ships from the New to the Old World.

   {Spanish moss}. (Bot.) See {Tillandsia}.

   {Spanish needles} (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
      bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

   {Spanish nut} (Bot.), a bulbous plant ({Iris Sisyrinchium})
      of the south of Europe.

   {Spanish potato} (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
      {Potato}.

   {Spanish red}, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
      red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

   {Spanish reef} (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
      jib-headed sail.

   {Spanish sheep} (Zo["o]l.), a merino.

   {Spanish white}, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
      pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
      pigment.

   {Spanish windlass} (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
      wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
      serve as a lever.

Source : WordNet®

Scomberomorus maculatus
     n : a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic
         coastal waters of North America