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kingfish

[king-fish] / ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃ /




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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

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

Offshore is good for dolphin, red snapper ling, kingfish and tuna.

From Washington Times Aug. 23, 2017

Tortoise-shell hooks capable of holding large kingfish and fair sized sharks are common among the natives of Darnley Island, Torres Straits.

From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield

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

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




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