kingfish
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At one of them, Cornelius Carrington, from the Freedom Fish House. fillets a kingfish with the speed and dexterity of a man who has spent many years with a fish knife in his hands.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
Mr. Chacón Soto, 58, who has been fishing since he was 13, regularly catches red and queen snapper, kingfish and codfish.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
The website for the charter boat says customers can catch swordfish, bass and kingfish: “Charter fishing for the serious angler,” it says.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
“If the currents are right, we might see huge schools of horse-eye jacks, snappers, kingfish, tuna,” Navidad continued.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2021
He is the kingfish that is robbing these small plunderers that come about the Capitol.
From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Gustavus Myers
A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; Ð also improperly called whiting.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Here are plenty of water-rail, blue kingfishes, and metallic dragon-flies, the latter skimming over the still water, daintily touching the surface now and again.
From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou
