jewfish

[ joo-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) jew·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) jew·fish·es.

1. any of several very large fishes, especially of the family Serranidae, as the giant sea bass and the groupers Epinephelus itajara and E. nigritus, found in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

jewfish

/ ˈdʒuːˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. any of various large dark serranid fishes, such as Mycteroperca bonaci , of warm or tropical seas
2. any of various marine sciaenid food and game fish, esp the mulloway
3. a large food fish of W Australian waters Glaucosama hebraicum

Word History and Origins

Origin of jewfish¹

1690–1700; apparently Jew + fish

Word History and Origins

Origin of jewfish¹

C17: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Another jewfish, a tropical species (Promicrops itaiara), growing even larger than the one named, is also found in Florida waters.

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Huge fishes like the tarpon, jewfish or tuna are sooner brought to gaff by "pumping," as it is called.

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With his stout tools and tackle he enjoys the phenomenal leaps of the tarpon, or the leviathan struggles of the jewfish.

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The jewfish he remembered had been calculated to tip the scales at two hundred and thirty pounds.

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The Philippine giant sea-bass, or jewfish, belongs to the same family as does the California species.

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