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| king·fish [ kíng fìsh ] (plural king·fish·es or king·fish) |
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1. large game fish: a large game fish. Native to: warm Atlantic coastal waters. Genus Menticirrhus.
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2. U.S. fish
Same as king mackerel
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3. kingfish as food: the flesh of a kingfish as food
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4. fish
Same as opah
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5. U.S. powerful man: somebody very powerful, especially a man who has no challengers to his authority
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slang
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  He's the kingfish in this two-bit town.
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