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jew·fish
(jo͞o′fĭsh′)n. pl. jewfish or jew·fish·es
See goliath grouper.
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jewfish
(ˈdʒuːˌfɪʃ)n, pl -fish or -fishes
1. (Animals) any of various large dark serranid fishes, such as Mycteroperca bonaci, of warm or tropical seas
2. (Animals) Austral any of various marine sciaenid food and game fish, esp the mulloway
3. (Animals) Austral a large food fish of W Australian waters Glaucosama hebraicum
[C17: of uncertain origin]
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jew•fish
(ˈdʒuˌfɪʃ)n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.
any of several large groupers, esp. Epinephelus itajara, of warm Atlantic seas.
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| Noun | 1. |  jewfish - large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigresciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound genus Sciaena, Sciaena - type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers |
| 2. |  jewfish - large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scalesgrouper - usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas genus Mycteroperca, Mycteroperca - groupers |
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