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txitxarro

English translation: scad / (Atlantic) horse mackerel

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Spanish term or phrase:txitxarro / chicharro
English translation:scad / (Atlantic) horse mackerel
Entered by: Noni Gilbert Riley

14:47 Jun 30, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Fisheries / Oily fish
Spanish term or phrase: txitxarro
Can anyone please tell me what this fish is called in English, I have looked on google with no luck and dictionaries do not contemplate it either :(

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Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 07:27
scad / horse mackerel
Explanation:
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~napoleon/71028fsh.htm - an excellent looking multilingual glossary (although there are always debates over fish names, with variations from village to village along the coast!)
and the pic in consum is reassuringly mackerel like:http://www.consumer.es/web/es/alimentacion/en_la_cocina/rece...

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Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 07:27
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4scad / horse mackerel
Noni Gilbert Riley
3(Atlantic) horse mackerel
Manuela Junghans


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scad / horse mackerel


Explanation:
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~napoleon/71028fsh.htm - an excellent looking multilingual glossary (although there are always debates over fish names, with variations from village to village along the coast!)
and the pic in consum is reassuringly mackerel like:http://www.consumer.es/web/es/alimentacion/en_la_cocina/rece...



Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 07:27
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(Atlantic) horse mackerel


Explanation:
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-06-30 15:02:11 GMT)
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also called blue jack or offshore jack mackerel

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-06-30 15:03:37 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_mackerel

Manuela Junghans
Germany
Local time: 07:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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