amberjack

[am-ber-jak]

am·ber·jack

[am-ber-jak]
noun, plural (especially collectively) am·ber·jack, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) am·ber·jacks.
any of several yellow to coppery fork-tailed fishes of the genus Seriola, as S. dumerili of warm Atlantic waters.
Also called amberfish.


Origin:
1890–95; amber (color) + jack1 (kind of fish)
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Amberjack is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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amberjack (ˈæmbəˌdʒæk)
 
n
any of several large carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, esp S. dumerili, with golden markings when young, occurring in tropical and subtropical Atlantic waters
 
[C19: from amber + jack1]

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