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saurel (SAWR-uhl) - n., any of about 14 species of elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus with a row of bony plates on its sides.
Also called horse mackerel, jack mackerel, and skipjack -- and all of them quite edible. The type species is the Atlantic horse mackerel, T. trachurus or T. saurus, the latter species name being taken from the Late Latin name for the type of fish, from Greek saûros, both this type of fish and lizard (best known as part of dinosaur), of uncertain origin. To get saurel, pass the Latin name through French and while it's there tack a noun suffix -el on the end, and viola!
In Japanese, this is called aji:
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---L.
Also called horse mackerel, jack mackerel, and skipjack -- and all of them quite edible. The type species is the Atlantic horse mackerel, T. trachurus or T. saurus, the latter species name being taken from the Late Latin name for the type of fish, from Greek saûros, both this type of fish and lizard (best known as part of dinosaur), of uncertain origin. To get saurel, pass the Latin name through French and while it's there tack a noun suffix -el on the end, and viola!
In Japanese, this is called aji:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
