kingfish

kingfish
    n 1: the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the
         Atlantic coast of the United States
    2: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal
       Atlantic waters [syn: {cero}, {pintado}, {kingfish},
       {Scomberomorus regalis}]
    3: small silvery marine food fish found off California [syn:
       {white croaker}, {chenfish}, {kingfish}, {Genyonemus
       lineatus}]
    4: any of several food and game fishes of the drum family
       indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American
       coast
    5: large game fish of Australia and New Zealand [syn:
       {kingfish}, {Seriola grandis}]
    

Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
   ?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
   Of or pertaining to the {Sciaenidae}, a family of carnivorous
   marine fishes which includes the meagre ({Sciaena umbra} or
   {Sciaena aquila}), and fish of the {drum} and {croaker}
   families. The {croaker} is so called because it may make a
   croaking noise by use of its bladder; the {Atlantic croaker}
   ({Micropogonias undulatus}, formerly {Micropogon undulatus})
   and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
   the {kingfish} is a drum.
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Kingfish \King"fish`\ (k[i^]ng"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
   (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus},
       especially {Menticirrus saxatilis}, or {Menticirrus
       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.
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Queenfish \Queen"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   A California sci[ae]noid food fish ({Seriphys politus}). The
   back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery.
   Called also {kingfish}.
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Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.]
   (Zool.)
   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 ({Scomberomorus
   regalis}).
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