Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kingfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus},
especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the
Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting},
and {barb}.
(b) The opah.
(c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}.
(d) The queenfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Queenfish \Queen"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A California sci[ae]noid food fish ({Seriphys politus}). The
back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery.
Called also {kingfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the
genus {Scomberomorus}. Two species are found in the West
Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United
States, -- the common cero ({Scomberomorus caballa}), called
also {kingfish}, and spotted, or king, cero ({S. regalis}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kingfish
n 1: the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the
Atlantic coast of the United States
2: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal
Atlantic waters [syn: {cero}, {pintado}, {Scomberomorus
regalis}]
3: small silvery marine food fish found off California [syn: {white
croaker}, {chenfish}, {Genyonemus lineatus}]
4: any of several food and game fishes of the drum family
indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American
coast
5: large game fish of Australia and New Zealand [syn: {Seriola
grandis}]
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