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 Definitions of kingfish  [ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'kingfish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) kingfish
any of various large edible croakers, esp. of the genus Menticirrhus, of North American coastal waters.

2.  kingfish
Informal. a person regarded as an authority.

Etymology:  (1740–50)

Definition of 'kingfish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) kingfish
the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States

2. (noun) cero, pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis
large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

3. (noun) white croaker, chenfish, kingfish, Genyonemus lineatus
small silvery marine food fish found off California

4. (noun) kingfish
any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast

5. (noun) kingfish, Seriola grandis
large game fish of Australia and New Zealand


Definition of 'kingfish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) kingfish
an American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb

2. (noun) kingfish
the opah

3. (noun) kingfish
the common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero

4. (noun) kingfish
the queenfish



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