Dictionary

amberjack en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/ (US)

Etymology

From amber (“yellow color”) + jack (“fish of family Carangidae”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
   • The greater amberjack is the largest of the jacks, the most important amberjack to anglers, and, like most of its brethren, a strong fighter. 2011, Ken Schultz, Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish, page 31:
   • Greater amberjacks have 11-19 gill rakers, a long anal fin base, 7 dorsal fin spines, and 30-34 dorsal fin rays. 2006, Jerald Horst, Mike Lane, Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, page 223:
   • It was an amberjack, and twice as large as any I had ever seen before. As I drew up the captain's snapper this amberjack came to the surface, and I certainly yelled. 1925, Zane Grey, Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas, published 2000, page 111:

Forms

Deriveds

flat amberjack · lesser amberjack · greater amberjack · Japanese amberjack · yellowtail amberjack

Translations (8)

mt aċċola (fish of genus Seriola) · sh gof (fish of genus Seriola) · de Gelbschwanzmakrele (fish of genus Seriola) · ja カンパチ (fish of genus Seriola) · pt olhete (fish of genus Seriola) · tr ada balığı (fish of genus Seriola) · el μαγιάτικο (fish of genus Seriola) · tr sarıkuyruk (fish of genus Seriola)