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king·fish  (kngfsh)

n. pl. kingfish or king·fish·es

1.

a. Any of several food and game fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, indigenous to warm Atlantic waters.

b. Any of several similar or related fishes, indigenous to the Pacific Ocean.

2. Informal A person in a position of uncontested authority or influence, especially a powerful political leader.

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kingfish [ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine sciaenid food and game fish of the genus Menticirrhus, occurring in warm American Atlantic coastal waters

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for opah (the fish)

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various other large food fishes, esp the Spanish mackerel

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kingfish - the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States kingfish - any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis, kingfish - large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	kingfish - large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis genus Scomberomorus, Scomberomorus - Spanish mackerels Spanish mackerel - any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus kingfish - the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States
	3.	kingfish - small silvery marine food fish found off California chenfish, Genyonemus lineatus, white croaker croaker - any of several fishes that make a croaking noise genus Genyonemus, Genyonemus - a genus of Sciaenidae
	4.	kingfish - any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast genus Menticirrhus, Menticirrhus - kingfishes; whiting whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters kingfish - the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States
	5.	kingfish - large game fish of Australia and New Zealand Seriola grandis jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas