Kingfish

5 definitions found

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

  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.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

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

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  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}).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {Scomberomorus
          regalis}]
       3: small silvery marine food fish found off California [syn: {white
          croaker}, {chenfish}, {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: {Seriola
          grandis}]
       [also: {kingfishes} (pl)]