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KINGFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: kingfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large game fish of Australia and New Zealand

Synonyms:

kingfish; Seriola grandis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("kingfish" is a kind of...):

jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("kingfish" is a kind of...):

whiting (any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters)

Meronyms (parts of "kingfish"):

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

Holonyms ("kingfish" is a member of...):

genus Menticirrhus; Menticirrhus (kingfishes; whiting)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small silvery marine food fish found off California

Synonyms:

chenfish; Genyonemus lineatus; kingfish; white croaker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("kingfish" is a kind of...):

croaker (any of several fishes that make a croaking noise)

Holonyms ("kingfish" is a member of...):

genus Genyonemus; Genyonemus (a genus of Sciaenidae)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

Synonyms:

cero; kingfish; pintado; Scomberomorus regalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("kingfish" is a kind of...):

Spanish mackerel (any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus)

Meronyms (parts of "kingfish"):

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

Holonyms ("kingfish" is a member of...):

genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("kingfish" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("kingfish" is a part of...):

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

cero; kingfish; pintado; Scomberomorus regalis (large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters)

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