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Definition of Amberfish
1. Noun. Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes.
Definition of Amberfish
1. Noun. An amberjack. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amberfish
Literary usage of Amberfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bermuda Past and Present: A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Somers by Walter Brownell Hayward (1910)
"The hogfish, chub, and amberfish, all of respectable weight, are game to the
bone, and for downright treachery green and spotted morays, long, supple, ..."
2. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"Es un ámbar, It is brilliant ; applied to liquors. [found in the Atlantic.
A'MBARA, SM. (let.) amberfish, a large fish ..."
3. California for the Sportsman: Being a Collection of Hints as to the Haunts by Al M. Cumming, Allan Dunn, Southern Pacific Company (1911)
"... The great game fish of the people in California salt water is the yellowtail,
known also as the amberfish on ts color. ..."
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