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 ̷ ̷\ nounEtymology: 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.
[1665-75; AMBER + FISH]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.