amberjack

Definitions

Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“It was an amberjack, and twice as large as any I had ever seen before. As I drew up the captain's snapper this amberjack came to the surface, and I certainly yelled.”

“Greater amberjacks have⟳ 11-19 gill rakers, a long anal fin base⟳, 7 dorsal fin spines, and 30-34 dorsal fin rays.”

“The greater amberjack is the largest of the jacks, the most important amberjack to anglers, and, like⟳ most of its brethren, a strong fighter.”

CEFR level