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kingfish

DEFINITIONS OF: kingfish

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n any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast

Type of:
whiting
any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

n large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

Synonyms:
Scomberomorus regalis, cero, pintado
Type of:
Spanish mackerel
any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus

n small silvery marine food fish found off California

Synonyms:
Genyonemus lineatus, chenfish, white croaker
Type of:
croaker
any of several fishes that make a croaking noise

n large game fish of Australia and New Zealand

Synonyms:
Seriola grandis
Type of:
jack
any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas

n the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States

Type of:
saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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