Caranx

3 definitions found

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

  Carangidae \Carangidae\ n.
     1. large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to
        the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm
        seas; it includes the {caranx}, {American bluefish}, and
        the {pilot fish}.
  


     Syn: family Carangidae.
          [WordNet 1.5]

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

  Caranx \Ca"ranx\ (k[=a]"r[a^][ng]ks), n. (Zool.)
     A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including
     the yellow or golden mackerel.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Caranx
       n : type genus of the Carangidae [syn: {genus Caranx}]