Meanings
plural kingfishes
- Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
- Other Atlantic fish
- opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom
- white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom
- wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), of Barbados
- king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
- Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
- narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) of Australia
- Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus) of Australia
- yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand
- silver gemfish (Rexea solandri) of Australia
- Fish of genus Caranx
- Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlarge edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
nounsmall silvery marine food fish found off California
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*kunją
- Proto-Germanic*kuningaz
- Proto-West Germanic*kuning
- Old Englishcyning
- Middle Englishking
- Englishking
- Proto-Indo-European*péysks
- Proto-Germanic*fiskaz
- Proto-West Germanic*fisk
- Old Englishfisċ
- Middle Englishfisch
- Englishfish
- Englishkingfish
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
Cite this entry
kingfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kingfish
“kingfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kingfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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