jew·fish (j  f sh )n. pl. jewfish or jew·fish·es Any of several large, spotted, olive-brown marine fishes of the family Serranidae, especially the grouper Epinephelus itajara of tropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific waters. |
jewfish [ˈdʒuːˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various large dark serranid fishes, such as Mycteroperca bonaci, of warm or tropical seas
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral any of various marine sciaenid food and game fish, esp the mulloway
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral a large food fish of W Australian waters Glaucosama hebraicum
[of uncertain origin]
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| Noun | 1. |  jewfish - large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigresciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound genus Sciaena, Sciaena - type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers |
| 2. |  jewfish - large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scalesgrouper - usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas genus Mycteroperca, Mycteroperca - groupers |
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