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 |