kingfish
1. [ noun ] (zoology) any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
Related terms: whiting Menticirrhus
2. [ noun ] (zoology) small silvery marine food fish found off California
Synonyms: chenfish Genyonemus_lineatus white_croaker
Related terms: croaker Genyonemus
3. [ noun ] (zoology) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
Synonyms: pintado Scomberomorus_regalis cero
Related terms: Spanish_mackerel Scomberomorus
4. [ noun ] (chemistry,food) the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States
Related terms: saltwater_fish cero
5. [ noun ] (zoology) large game fish of Australia and New Zealand
Synonyms: Seriola_grandis
Related terms: jack
Similar spelling:   kingfisher
  kingship
  kingpin
  kingbird