amberjack
US/ˈæm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/
amberjack noun: any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
Noun
amberjack (countable and uncountable, plural amberjacks)
- Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
- 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.1925, Zane Grey, Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas, published 2000, page 111
- Greater amberjacks have 11-19 gill rakers, a long anal fin base, 7 dorsal fin spines, and 30-34 dorsal fin rays.2006, Jerald Horst, Mike Lane, Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, page 223
Forms of amberjack
| plural | amberjacks |
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Origin of amberjack
From amber (“yellow color”) + jack (“fish of family Carangidae”).
Words formed from amberjack
- flat amberjack
- greater amberjack
- Japanese amberjack
- lesser amberjack
- yellowtail amberjack
Questions about amberjack
- What does amberjack mean?
- Amberjack means any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
- What part of speech is amberjack?
- Amberjack is a noun.
- How do you pronounce amberjack?
- Amberjack is pronounced /ˈæm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/ (US).
- What is the plural of amberjack?
- The plural of amberjack is amberjacks.
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