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am·ber·jack (

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n. pl. amberjack or am·ber·jacks

A food and game fish of the genus Seriola, native to temperate and tropical marine waters.

[amber + jack, a fish.]

amberjack [ˈæmbəˌdʒæk]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several large carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, esp S. dumerili, with golden markings when young, occurring in tropical and subtropical Atlantic waters

[from amber + jack¹]

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Noun

amberjack - any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes

amberfish

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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