jewfish

American  

[joo-fish] / ˈdʒuˌfɪʃ /

noun

jewfish, plural jewfishes plural

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.

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jewfish British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• jewfishes
  plural
• jewfish
  plural

Etymology

Origin of jewfish

1690–1700; apparently Jew + fish

Example Sentences

About 20 years ago, a committee of fish experts renamed the jewfish into the goliath grouper.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

Black jewfish are prized for their swim bladders – considered a delicacy and an aphrodisiac in some Asian markets.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2020

While there was some regulation, over-fishing was causing significant declines of saucer scallop, east coast Australian snapper, pearl perch, black jewfish and some shark species.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2020

Caracol Bay had relatively intact offshore mangroves, fringing coral reefs and critically endangered species like the Atlantic leatherback sea turtle and the black jewfish.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2012

Even though the leaping tuna, the jewfish and the sword-fish are big and powerful, the club has elected to raise the standard of sportsmanship by making captures more difficult than ever before.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple