amberfish

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Noun1.amberfish - any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
amberjack
jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
genus Seriola, Seriola - a genus of Carangidae
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And because it was found most frequently on the banks of streams, in old lakebeds, or in the sea, it was often thought to be the product of a fish called Amberfish. Amber is formed as a result of the fossilization of resin, which takes millions of years to be formed.
135 million-year-old bug found in Jordan
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