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kingfish

noun

  1. game fishes of the family Sciaenidae
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-West Germanic *kuning Old English cyning Middle English king English king Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English kingfish From king + fish.

  1. Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
  2. Other Atlantic fish
  3. Other Atlantic fish
  4. Other Atlantic fish
  5. Other Atlantic fish
  6. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
  7. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
  8. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
  9. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
  10. Fish of genus Caranx
  11. Fish of genus Caranx
  12. Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.