jewfish
jewfish noun: epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish).
Noun
jewfish (plural jewfishes or jewfish)
- Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish)
- Johnius australis (bottlenose jewfish)
- Lateolabrax japonicus (Japanese seabass)
- Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)
- Argyrosomus regius (meagre)
- Tandanus tandanus (eel-tailed catfish, freshwater jewfish, dewfish)
- Glaucosoma hebraicum (West Australian dhufish, Westralian jewfish, western jewfish)
- Glaucosoma buergeri (Westralian jewfish)
- Stereolepis gigas (black jewfish, Pacific jewfish)
jewfish meaning in Tamil
jewfish in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Forms of jewfish
| plural | jewfishes |
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| plural | jewfish |
Origin of jewfish
For Australian fish such as Argyrosomus species, jewel and fish; see jewie. For New World species, from 17th century Jamaican English and refers to the kosher status of the Atlantic goliath grouper from at least 1697 onwards, likely as a derogatory term despite Jamaican Jews being treated better in the rule of the English than the Spanish rule.
Questions about jewfish
- What does jewfish mean?
- Jewfish means epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish).
- What is jewfish in Tamil?
- Jewfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Jewfish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is jewfish?
- Jewfish is a noun.
- What is the plural of jewfish?
- The plural of jewfish is jewfishes.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jewfish (page history and authors); jewfish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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