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English Dictionary: kingfish	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for kingfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kingfish n the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters Synonym(s): cero, pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis small silvery marine food fish found off California Synonym(s): white croaker, chenfish, kingfish, Genyonemus lineatus any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast large game fish of Australia and New Zealand Synonym(s): kingfish, Seriola grandis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queenfish \Queen"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A California sci[91]noid food fish ({Seriphys politus}). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also {kingfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.] (Zo[94]l.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus {Scomberomorus}. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero ({Scomberomorus caballa}), called also {kingfish}, and spotted, or king, cero ({S. regalis}).