amberjack
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of amberjack
First recorded in 1890–95; amber (color) + jack 1 (kind of fish)
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Most of the specimens are flown in whole from Japan; recent models have included amberjack, madai, triple tail and bonito.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022
Various types of fish—and sharks—were involved, including striped bass, yellowtail amberjack, great white sharks, and basking sharks.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 9, 2021
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, which administered the Gulf red snapper count, is taking proposals for a project to estimate numbers of greater amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
Dolphins started dying in record numbers, tuna and amberjack developed deformities to their heart and other organs.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2020
How many tarpon, barracuda, amberjack, and tuna I have lost on the Atlantic seaboard just because the boat could not be turned in time!
From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane
Sargassum is also a primary nursery for a variety of commercially important fish, such as mahi mahi, jacks and amberjacks.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
I used to catch snapper, groupers, Spanish mackerel, amberjacks.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2018
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