gilthead

[ gilt-hed ]

noun

1. any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.

gilthead

/ ˈɡɪltˌhɛd /

noun

1. a sparid fish, Sparus aurata, of Mediterranean and European Atlantic waters, having a gold-coloured band between the eyes
2. any similar or related fish

Word History and Origins

Origin of gilthead¹

First recorded in 1545–55; gilt ¹ + head

Example Sentences

Some of the preparations, like a sashimi tasting, which included perfect specimens of shrimp, gilthead bream and tuna belly were unexpectedly modern.

From New York Times

All the leading characters of much more modern times were there already; Fitzdottrell, ready to sell his estates in order to become His Grace the Duke of Drown'dland, Gilthead, the London moneylender who 'lives by finding fools,' and My Lady Tailbush, who pulls the social wires at court.

From Project Gutenberg

Ah, a fine bass; no, it is not; it is a gilthead.

From Project Gutenberg

We also caught a large number of yellow–green gilthead, half a decimeter long and tasting like dorado, plus some flying gurnards, authentic underwater swallows that, on dark nights, alternately streak air and water with their phosphorescent glimmers.

From Project Gutenberg

Near them some semiphosphorescent red porgy rolled by, a variety of gilthead that the Egyptians ranked among their sacred animals, lauding them in religious ceremonies when their arrival in the river's waters announced the fertile flood season.

From Project Gutenberg