Definition of jewfish Jewfish

/ʤuˈfɪˌʃ/ - [jufish] - jew•fish

We found 8 definitions of jewfish from 4 different sources.

What does jewfish mean?

Noun Plural: jewfishes
jewfish - large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
		Mycteroperca bonaci
		grouper usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
jewfish - large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
		mulloway, Sciaena antarctica
		sciaenid, sciaenid fish widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound

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jewfish (n.)
A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.
jewfish (n.)
A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.
jewfish (n.)
The black grouper of Florida and Texas.
jewfish (n.)
A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.