English > carangid: 2 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | A percoid fish of the family Carangidae. |
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| Synonym | carangid fish |
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| Member of | Carangidae, family Carangidae | large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails |
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| Narrower | jack | Any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas |
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| moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene setapinnis | Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies |
| pilotfish, Naucrates ductor | small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas |
| pompano | Any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
| scad | Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
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| Spanish | carángido, pez carángido |
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| Catalan | caràngid |
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| Adjectives | carangid | of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae |
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