Amberjack

//ˈæm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans. countable, uncountable

    "It was an amberjack, and twice as large as any I had ever seen before. As I drew up the captain's snapper this amberjack came to the surface, and I certainly yelled."

  2. 2
    any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes wordnet

Synonyms

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almicoreamberfish

Example

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"It was an amberjack, and twice as large as any I had ever seen before. As I drew up the captain's snapper this amberjack came to the surface, and I certainly yelled."

Etymology

From amber (“yellow color”) + jack (“fish of family Carangidae”).

Related phrases

Japanese amberjackflat amberjackgreater amberjacklesser amberjackyellowtail amberjack

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