gempylid

Noun gempylid has 1 sense

• gempylid(n = noun.animal) - snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide;
is a kind of percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
is a member of family gempylidae, gempylidae
has particulars: gempylus serpens, snake mackerel, escolar, lepidocybium flavobrunneum, oilfish, ruvettus pretiosus