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Definition of kingfish

Kingfish
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.
kingfish
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.
kingfish
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).

Meaning of kingfish from wikipedia

- Look up kingfish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kingfish may refer to: Argyrosomus ****onicus or ****anese meagre (Australia) Opah or Lampris guttatus...
- Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (born January 19, 1999) is an American blues guitarist and singer from Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States, who became a...
- The yellowtail amberjack, yellowtail kingfish, hiramasa or great amberjack (Seriola lalandi) is a large fish found in the Southern Ocean. Although previously...
- The Kanadi kingfish (Scomberomorus plurilineatus) is a species of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, the mackerel family. Also known as the...
- The Convair Kingfish reconnaissance aircraft design was the ultimate result of a series of proposals designed at Convair as a replacement for the Lockheed...
- Kingfish is an American rock band led by Matthew Kelly, a musician, singer, and songwriter who plays guitar and harmonica. Kelly co-founded Kingfish in...
- USS Kingfish (SS-234), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kingfish. Kingfish was laid down on 29...
- Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana...
- The butterfly kingfish (Gasterochisma melampus) is an ocean-dwelling ray-finned bony fish in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family which it shares...
- King Levinsky (10 September 1910 – 30 September 1991), also known as Kingfish Levinsky, was an American heavyweight boxer who fought during the 1930s....