amberjack

[ am-ber-jak ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) am·ber·jack, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) am·ber·jacks.

1. any of several yellow to coppery fork-tailed fishes of the genus Seriola, as S. dumerili of warm Atlantic waters.

amberjack

/ ˈæmbəˌdʒæk /

noun

1. any of several large carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, esp S. dumerili, with golden markings when young, occurring in tropical and subtropical Atlantic waters

Word History and Origins

Origin of amberjack¹

First recorded in 1890–95; amber (color) + jack ¹ (kind of fish)

Word History and Origins

Origin of amberjack¹

C19: from amber + jack ¹

Example Sentences

It took me twenty-five minutes to subdue a forty-pound amberjack.

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