About The Word Kingfish
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Kingfish
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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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