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kingfish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sciaenoid \Sci*[ae]"noid\, a. [L. sci[ae]na a kind of fish (fr. Gr. ?) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Sci[ae]nid[ae], a family of carnivorous marine fishes which includes the meagre ( Sciaena umbra or Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker families. The croaker is so called because it may make a croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker ( Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus) and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and the kingfish is a drum.
Queenfish \Queen"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A California sci[ae]noid food fish ( Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish.
Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.] (Zo["o]l.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero ( Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero ( Scomberomorus regalis).
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several food fishes of the genus (taxlink Menticirrhus genus noshow=1) from the Atlantic; kingcroaker 2 Other Atlantic fish 3 # opah (taxlink Lampris guttatus species noshow=1) (United Kingdom) 4 # white croaker (taxlink Genyonemus lineatus species noshow=1) (United Kingdom) 5 # wahoo (taxlink Acanthocybium solandri species noshow=1) (Barbados) 6 # (vern: king mackerel) (taxlink Scomberomorus cavalla species noshow=1) 7 Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific. 8 # (vern: narrow-barred Spanish mackerel) (taxlink Scomberomorus commerson species noshow=1) (Australia) 9 # (vern: Japanese meagre) (taxlink Argyrosomus japonicus species noshow=1) (Australia) 10 # yellowtail amberjack ''Seriola lalandi'' (Australia, New Zealand) 11 # (vern: silver gemfish) (taxlink Rexea solandri species noshow=1) (Australia) 12 ''Caranx'' 13 # (vern: crevalle jack) (taxlink Caranx hippos species noshow=1) (Mauritania) 14 # (vern: giant trevally) (sometimes ''travelli'') (taxlink Caranx ignobilis species noshow=1) (South Africa) 15 cobia, ''Rachycentron canadum'', of warm waters globally.
WordNet
n. the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States
large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters [syn: cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis]
small silvery marine food fish found off California [syn: white croaker, chenfish, Genyonemus lineatus]
any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
large game fish of Australia and New Zealand [syn: Seriola grandis]
[also: kingfishes (pl)]
Wikipedia
Kingfish may refer to:
Kingfish is the self-titled first album by the rock band Kingfish. It was recorded and released in 1976. It is not to be confused with the band's fourth album, which is also called Kingfish.
When they recorded their debut album, the lineup of Kingfish included Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir. Weir was a member of the band from 1974 to 1976, and left the group shortly after the album's release. Kingfish includes "Lazy Lightnin'" and "Supplication", a jazzy song combination sung by Weir that quickly found its way into the Grateful Dead repertoire.
Besides Weir, Kingfish features original band members Matthew Kelly on guitar and harmonica, Dave Torbert on bass, Robbie Hoddinott on guitar, and Chris Herold on drums.
Kingfish is an American rock band led by Matthew Kelly, a musician, singer, and songwriter who plays guitar and harmonica. Kelly co-founded Kingfish in 1973 with New Riders of the Purple Sage bass player Dave Torbert and fellow San Francisco Bay Area musicians Robbie Hoddinott, Chris Herold, and Mick Ward. However, Ward died in a car accident later that year, and was soon replaced by Barry Flast, another keyboardist from San Francisco.
In 1974, Kingfish became more well known, and signed their first record contract, after Grateful Dead member Bob Weir, a long-time friend of Kelly's, joined the band. (Kelly had previously been a guest musician on the Grateful Dead album Wake of the Flood.) Weir toured with Kingfish and was a band member on their first two albums, Kingfish and Live 'n' Kickin'. When the Dead started touring again in 1976, Weir left Kingfish, along with Hoddinott and Herold, who were then replaced by Barry Flast, Michael O'Neill and Dave Perper. (Kelly later appeared on the Grateful Dead albums Shakedown Street and The Closing of Winterland, and on Weir's album Bobby and the Midnites. In 1995 he became a founding member of Weir's band Ratdog.)
The lineup of the band continued to change, with Kelly and Torbert remaining at the core. Then, in 1979 Torbert and Kelly parted ways and Torbert formed a new lineup with Danny "Rio" DeGennaro and Michael O'Neill on guitars and sharing lead vocals. Also part of that lineup were drummer Steve Shive and Ralph Liberto. Dave Torbert died of a heart attack in 1982.
Starting in 1984, Kingfish would regroup from time to time and go on tour with a gradually evolving lineup of musicians led by Matthew Kelly. In 1987, Kelly also released a solo album called A Wing and a Prayer. In 1999 Kingfish released a new studio album, Sundown on the Forest, recorded over a period of several years with different combinations of musicians, including Bob Weir and a number of other Kingfish veterans.
In the 1990s, the touring activity of Kingfish slowly decreased. Late in that decade, Kelly was living in Hawaii, and making a yearly trip to India. Since then the band has not performed live.
Guitarist Danny DeGennaro was shot to death on December 28, 2011.
Kingfish is an album by the rock band Kingfish. It contains previously unreleased tracks that were recorded at various times during the band's first eight years, and is sometimes referred to as Kingfish (1973–80). Released by Relix Records as a vinyl LP in 1985, side one was recorded in the studio, and side two was recorded live. It was released on CD in 1991.
Kingfish is not to be confused with the band's 1976 debut album, which is also titled Kingfish.
Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, who was a member of Kingfish from 1974 to 1976, plays on seven of the album's thirteen songs.
Usage examples of "kingfish".
Scale and clean two large kingfish, and boil in salted and acidulated water, with a bunch of parsley, a slice each of carrot and onion, and a pinch of powdered sweet herbs.
With an AS-6 Kingfish missile hanging under each wing, the Backfires, too, were potentially vulnerable, but the Backfire had the ability to run at high Mach numbers and stood a fair chance at survival, even in the face of determined fighter opposition.
A minute later, the seventy Backfire bombers launched their hundred forty AS-6 Kingfish missiles and turned north at full military power.
When the Kingfish got to within twenty miles, every ship in the formation began to fire off chaff rockets, which filled the air with millions of aluminized Mylar fragments that fluttered on the air, creating dozens of new targets for the missiles to select from.
Some of the Kingfish lost lock with their targets and started chasing Mylar ghosts.
Turtle Bay On the gleaming white-sand lip of the next cove, Kingfish and the Cuban can see a couple walking on the beach.
The man called Kingfish puts out an expensive black cigar in the sand.
Then Kingfish and the Cuban come and stand over the bodies on the blood-spotted towels.
Then, for the second straight day, the police of San Dominica took descriptions of the Cuban and Kingfish Toone.
Out on a large flagstone terrace at the rear of the villa, Kingfish Toone could be heard speaking pidgin English with a French-Congolese accent.
Extensive checks were made on the dead men, Kingfish Toone and the Cuban, Blinkie Tomas.
It was more for something to do than because I wanted fish for my dinner that when I saw a squadron of small kingfish charging a big shoal of sardine ahead of us, I gave the wheel to Jimmy.
As we crossed the track of the shoal I hit a kingfish and brought him out kicking, flashing golden in the sun.
That evening I grilled the kingfish over the coals, roasted a couple of big sweet yams in their jackets and was washing it down with a cold beer sitting on the veranda of the shack and listening to the surf when I saw the headlights coming down through the palm trees.
Clean four kingfish, cut off the fins and gash from head to tail on each side.