HyperDic: jewfish

English > 2 senses of the word *jewfish*:
NOUN	animal	jewfish, mulloway, Sciaena antarctica	large important food fish of Australia
NOUN	animal	jewfish, Mycteroperca bonaci	large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales

jewfish > pronunciation
Sounds	jhuw'fih.sh
Rhymes	abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh...

English > *jewfish*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre.
Synonyms	mulloway, Sciaena antarctica
Member of	Sciaena, genus Sciaena	type genus of the Sciaenidae
Broader	sciaenid fish, sciaenid	widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound

English > *jewfish*: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales.
Synonym	Mycteroperca bonaci
Member of	Mycteroperca, genus Mycteroperca	groupers
Broader	grouper	usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas