Amberjack

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amberjack
       n : any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water
           carangid fishes [syn: {amberfish}]