Crossword clues for amberjack
The Collaborative International Dictionary
amberfish \am"ber*fish`\, Amber fish \Am"ber fish`\([a^]m"b[~e]r*f[i^]sh`). (Zo["o]l.) Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, especially a large vigorous sport fish of the southern Atlantic coast ( Seriola Dumerili). It is also called the amberjack.
Note: Seriola Carolinensis was the species name given in the 1890 Webster: same fish or different?
Syn: amberjack
Wiktionary
n. Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus ''Seriola'', found in warm waters of all oceans.
WordNet
n. any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes [syn: amberfish]
Wikipedia
Amberjack is an Atlantic and Pacific fish of the Carangidae family (genus Seriola). They are a game fish, most often found in the warmer parts of ocean. There are many types of amberjacks, including greater amberjacks (Atlantic), lesser amberjacks (Atlantic), Almaco jack (Pacific), yellowtail (Pacific), and the banded rudderfish (Atlantic).
Usage examples of "amberjack".
A long, tall flagon of amberjack was in her hand, and a slim long sword at her hip.
Our patience was rewarded on the fifth night when Capers hooked a small amberjack and brought it on board with a shout.
Marianna had given a big party with wine from her cellars and many different kinds of fish: from mackerel and amberjack roasted over the embers to small boiled squid, from stuffed sardines to baked sole.
And redfish and sablefish and bluegill and amberjack and striped bass and rainbow trout.
Wherever they sailed, the dense schools of amberjack and billfish observed from orbit turned and headed for waters that were colder and deeper than anything they normally inhabited.
Fishing the seething tide-race through the main channel at full spring tide, and shouting with excitement as the golden amberjack came boiling up in the wake, bellies flashing like mirrors, to hit the dancing feather lures, and send the Penn reels screeching a wild protest, and the fibreglass rods nodding and kicking.