gilthead

American  

[gilt-hed] / ˈgɪltˌhɛd /

noun

1. any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.

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gilthead British  

/ ˈɡɪltˌhɛd /

noun

1. a sparid fish, Sparus aurata, of Mediterranean and European Atlantic waters, having a gold-coloured band between the eyes

2. any similar or related fish

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Etymology

Origin of gilthead

First recorded in 1545–55; gilt ¹ + head

Example Sentences

Some of the preparations, like a sashimi tasting, which included perfect specimens of shrimp, gilthead bream and tuna belly were unexpectedly modern.

From New York Times

All the leading characters of much more modern times were there already; Fitzdottrell, ready to sell his estates in order to become His Grace the Duke of Drown'dland, Gilthead, the London moneylender who 'lives by finding fools,' and My Lady Tailbush, who pulls the social wires at court.

From Project Gutenberg

Ah, a fine bass; no, it is not; it is a gilthead.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, adorned with emerald ribbons and dressed in velvet and silk, golden angelfish passed before our eyes like courtiers in the paintings of Veronese; spurred gilthead stole by with their swift thoracic fins; thread herring fifteen inches long were wrapped in their phosphorescent glimmers; gray mullet thrashed the sea with their big fleshy tails; red salmon seemed to mow the waves with their slicing pectorals; and silver moonfish, worthy of their name, rose on the horizon of the waters like the whitish reflections of many moons.

From Project Gutenberg

We also caught a large number of yellow–green gilthead, half a decimeter long and tasting like dorado, plus some flying gurnards, authentic underwater swallows that, on dark nights, alternately streak air and water with their phosphorescent glimmers.

From Project Gutenberg