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amberjack definition

☆ amber·jack (am′bər jak′)

noun pl. amberjacks -·jacks′ or amberjack -·jack′

any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes (genus Seriola) found in the warm waters of all oceans

Etymology: amber + jack (fish): from its color

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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