KINGFISHES

KINGFISH

kingfish, Seriola grandis

(noun) large game fish of Australia and New Zealand

kingfish

(noun) any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast

cero, pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis

(noun) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

kingfish

(noun) the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

kingfishes

plural of kingfish

Source: Wiktionary


KINGFISH

King"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb. (b) The opah. (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero. (d) The queenfish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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