amberjack
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From amber (“yellow color”) + jack (“fish of family Carangidae”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
- 1925, Zane Grey, Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas, published 2000, page 111:
- 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.
- 2006, Jerald Horst, Mike Lane, Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, page 223:
- Greater amberjacks have 11-19 gill rakers, a long anal fin base, 7 dorsal fin spines, and 30-34 dorsal fin rays.
- 2011, Ken Schultz, Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish[1], page 31:
- The greater amberjack is the largest of the jacks, the most important amberjack to anglers, and, like most of its brethren, a strong fighter.
Derived terms
[edit]- flat amberjack (Seriola aureovittata)
- greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)
- Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata)
- lesser amberjack (Seriola fasciata)
- yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)
Translations
[edit]fish of genus Seriola
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