jewfish

Definition of Jewfish in English :

large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre

large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jewfish

noun plural -fish or -fishes

1.

any of various large dark serranid fishes, such as Mycteroperca bonaci, of warm or tropical seas

2. Australian

any of various marine sciaenid food and game fish, esp the mulloway

3. Australian

a large food fish of W Australian waters Glaucosama hebraicum

nounWord forms: plural ˈjewˌfish or ˈjewˌfishes

any of several large fish found in warm seas; esp., a large grouper (Epinephelus itajara) found off Florida

n. pl. jewfish or jew·fish·es