Definition of kingfish Kingfish

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Noun

Plural: kingfishes

kingfish - the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States
  saltwater fish flesh of fish from the sea used as food
  kingfish large game fish of Australia and New Zealand
kingfish - any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
  whiting a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
  genus menticirrhus, menticirrhus kingfishes; whiting
kingfish - large game fish of Australia and New Zealand
  Seriola grandis
kingfish - large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
  cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis
  spanish mackerel medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
  genus scomberomorus, scomberomorus Spanish mackerels
kingfish - small silvery marine food fish found off California
  white croaker, chenfish, Genyonemus lineatus
  croaker any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • kingfish (n.)
    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.
  • kingfish (n.)
    The opah.
  • kingfish (n.)
    The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero.
  • kingfish (n.)
    The queenfish.

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  • kingfish, noun.

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