English dictionary
kingfish
/'k/I//N/,f/I//S/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States
Source: WordNet 3.0
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large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
Source: WordNet 3.0
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small silvery marine food fish found off California
Source: WordNet 3.0
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any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
Source: WordNet 3.0
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large game fish of Australia and New Zealand
Synonyms seriola grandisSource: WordNet 3.0
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An American marine food fish of the genus <i>Menticirrus</i>, especially <i>M. saxatilis</i>, or <i>M. nebulosos</i>, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also <i>whiting</i>, <i>surf whiting</i>, and <i>barb</i>.
Source: webster1913