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Webster 1913 Edition
Kingfish
King′fishˊ
(kĭng′fĭshˊ)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
An American marine food fish of the genus
Menticirrus
, especially Menticirrus saxatilis
, or Menticirrus 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.