jewfish

jew·fish

J0038400 (jo͞o′fĭsh′)n. pl. jewfish or jew·fish·es See goliath grouper.

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[Probably Jew + fish (so called for unknown reasons).]

jewfish

(ˈdʒuːˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes1. (Animals) any of various large dark serranid fishes, such as Mycteroperca bonaci, of warm or tropical seas2. (Animals) Austral any of various marine sciaenid food and game fish, esp the mulloway3. (Animals) Austral a large food fish of W Australian waters Glaucosama hebraicum[C17: of uncertain origin]

jew•fish

(ˈdʒuˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. any of several large groupers, esp. Epinephelus itajara, of warm Atlantic seas. [1690–1700; appar. Jew + fish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jewfish - large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigremulloway, Sciaena antarcticasciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce soundgenus Sciaena, Sciaena - type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers
	2.	jewfish - large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scalesMycteroperca bonacigrouper - usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seasgenus Mycteroperca, Mycteroperca - groupers