amberjack n 1: any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes [syn: {amberjack}, {amberfish}]
amberfish \am"ber*fish`\, Amber fish \Am"ber fish`\([a^]m"b[~e]r*f[i^]sh`). (Zool.) Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes of the genus {Seriola}, especially a large vigorous sport fish of the southern Atlantic coast ({Seriola Dumerili}). It is also called the {amberjack}. Note: {Seriola Carolinensis} was the species name given in the 1890 Webster: same fish or different? Syn: amberjack [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC]