jewfish

[ joo-fish ]

/ ˈdʒuˌfɪʃ /

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

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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Origin of jewfish

1690–1700; apparently Jew + fish

Words nearby jewfish

jewellery, jewelry, jewelweed, Jewess, Jewett, jewfish, jewie, Jewish, Jewish American Princess, Jewish Autonomous Region, Jewish calendar

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How to use jewfish in a sentence

Another jewfish, a tropical species (Promicrops itaiara), growing even larger than the one named, is also found in Florida waters.
Favorite Fish and Fishing|James Alexander Henshall
Huge fishes like the tarpon, jewfish or tuna are sooner brought to gaff by "pumping," as it is called.
Favorite Fish and Fishing|James Alexander Henshall
With his stout tools and tackle he enjoys the phenomenal leaps of the tarpon, or the leviathan struggles of the jewfish.
Favorite Fish and Fishing|James Alexander Henshall
The jewfish he remembered had been calculated to tip the scales at two hundred and thirty pounds.
Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys|Louis Arundel

The Philippine giant sea-bass, or jewfish, belongs to the same family as does the California species.
The Philippines Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2)|Dean Conant Worcester

British Dictionary definitions for jewfish

jewfish

/ (ˈdʒuːˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

any of various large dark serranid fishes, such as Mycteroperca bonaci, of warm or tropical seas

Australian any of various marine sciaenid food and game fish, esp the mulloway

Australian a large food fish of W Australian waters Glaucosama hebraicum

Word Origin for jewfish

C17: of uncertain origin

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