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am·ber·jack
(ăm′bər-jăk′)n. pl. amberjack or am·ber·jacks
Any of various food and game fishes of the genus Seriola, found in temperate and tropical marine waters.
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amberjack
(ˈæmbəˌdʒæk)n
(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
[C19: from amber + jack1]
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am•ber•jack
(ˈæm bərˌdʒæk)n., pl. (esp. collectively) -jack, (esp. for kinds or species) -jacks.
any of several yellow to coppery carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, as S. dumerili of warm Atlantic waters.
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Noun | 1. | amberjack - any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes 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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