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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
a 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}.
b The opah.
c The common cero; also the spotted cero. See {Cero}.
d The queenfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queenfish \Queen"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A California sci[ae]noid food fish ({Seriphys politus}). The
back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery.
Called also {kingfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr Sp sierra saw, sawfish, cero.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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 ({S. regalis}).
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kingfish
n 1: flesh of any of several lean-fleshed fish caught off the
United States Atlantic coast
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}]
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