kingfish

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noun

Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.

Similar
ceropintadoScomberomorus regaliswhite croakerchenfishGenyonemus lineatusSeriola grandis
UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

nounkingfish (plural kingfishes or kingfish)

plural kingfishes

  1. Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
  2. Other Atlantic fish
    1. opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom
    2. white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom
    3. wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), of Barbados
    4. king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
  3. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
    1. narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) of Australia
    2. Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus) of Australia
    3. yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand
    4. silver gemfish (Rexea solandri) of Australia
  4. Fish of genus Caranx
    1. crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) of Mauritania
    2. giant trevally or travelli (Caranx ignobilis) of South Africa
  5. Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

Similar
ceropintadoScomberomorus regalis

nounsmall silvery marine food fish found off California

Similar
white croakerchenfishGenyonemus lineatus
Broader

nounlarge game fish of Australia and New Zealand

Similar
Seriola grandis
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kunją
  3. Proto-Germanic*kuningaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kuning
  5. Old Englishcyning
  6. Middle Englishking
  7. Englishking
  8. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  9. Proto-Germanic*fiskaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*fisk
  11. Old Englishfisċ
  12. Middle Englishfisch
  13. Englishfish
  14. Englishkingfish

From king + fish.

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Translations

French martin-pêcheur
  • martin-pêcheurfish
Japanese キングフィッシュ
  • キングフィッシュ (kingufisshu)fish
Māori warehenga, haku
  • warehengafish
  • hakufish
Polish strojnik
  • strojnikfish
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APA

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MLA

“kingfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kingfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kingfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kingfish.

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