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单词 jewfish
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
jew•fish  ( jo̅o̅fish′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. Fishany of several very large fishes, esp. of the family Serranidae, as the giant sea bass and the groupers Epinephelus itajara and E. nigritus, found in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
  • apparently Jew + fish 1690–1700

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
jewfish /ˈdʒuːˌfɪʃ/ n ( pl -fish, -fishes)
  1. any of various large dark serranid fishes, such as Mycteroperca bonaci, of warm or tropical seas
  2. Austral a large food fish of W Australian waters Glaucosama hebraicum
Etymology: 17th Century: of uncertain origin
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