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4 definitions found 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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