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Kingfish

Kingfish Meaning & Definition
Kingfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Kingfish?

[n] large game fish of Australia and New Zealand
[n] any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
[n] small silvery marine food fish found off California
[n] large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
[n] the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States

Synonyms | Synonyms for Kingfish: cero | chenfish | Genyonemus lineatus | pintado | Scomberomorus regalis | Seriola grandis | white croaker

Related Terms | Find terms related to Kingfish:

See Also | cero | croaker | genus Genyonemus | genus Menticirrhus | genus Scomberomorus | Genyonemus | jack | kingfish | kingfish | Menticirrhus | pintado | saltwater fish | Scomberomorus | Scomberomorus regalis | Spanish mackerel | whiting

Kingfish In Webster's Dictionary

\King"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (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.

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