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kingfish

noun kingfishes · kingfish

Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom
white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom
wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), of Barbados
king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) of Australia
Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus) of Australia
yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand
silver gemfish (Rexea solandri) of Australia
crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) of Mauritania
giant trevally or travelli (Caranx ignobilis) of South Africa
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.

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noun fish

日本語	キングフィッシュ kingufisshu
Français	martin-pêcheur

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@misc{kingfish_2026,
  title = {kingfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kingfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}