Akademik

amberfish

noun

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

• Syn: ↑amberjack

• Hypernyms: ↑jack

• Member Holonyms: ↑Seriola, ↑genus Seriola

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: so called from its color

: any of numerous tropical or subtropical fishes of Seriola or related genera (family Carangidae) — compare amberjack, yellowtail

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/am"beuhr fish'/, n., pl.

(esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fishes. amberjack.

[1665-75; AMBER + FISH]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.