kingfish
The English word “kingfish” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
- opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom
- white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom
- wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), of Barbados
- king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
- narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) of Australia
- Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus) of Australia
- yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand
- silver gemfish (Rexea solandri) of Australia
- crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) of Mauritania
- giant trevally or travelli (Caranx ignobilis) of South Africa
- Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.
Etymology
From king + fish.
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- kingdomship
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- kingfisherlike
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