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Definition of Jewfishes
1. jewfish [n] - See also: jewfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jewfishes
Literary usage of Jewfishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"St. John's Hiver, Fia. according to Dr. Boulenger, sometimes reaches a length of
twelve feet. Related to the jewfishes are numerous smaller fishes. ..."
2. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"In Australia are other jewfishes, mighty masses of fish flesh, ... The great
grouper of the Mediterranean is sometimes counted with the jewfishes. ..."
3. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... AYRES The jewfishes This genus, characterized by the short, soft dorsal, the
absence of spiny ridges on the head, and the continuous but deeply notched ..."
4. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTec (1992)
"These giant fish, including certain groupers and jewfishes, are potential hazards.
Their mouths can engulf a diver, and there are reports that they have ..."
5. The big game fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"Within thirty miles of this place I caught a number of jewfishes, several giving
me exciting contests before subdued. One taken in shallow water fought in a ..."
6. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"At times numbers of jewfishes may be observed lying basking in the sunlight on
the sands underneath the railway bridge at Como, George's River, NSW; ..."
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