kingfish
旗鱼,锦鲤,翠鱼,翠鸟
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plural king·fish, king·fish·es.
- : any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
- : Also called white croaker. a marine food fish, Genyonemus lineatus, found off the Californian coast.
- : king mackerel.
- : a large game fish, Seriola grandis, found in Australia and New Zealand, closely related to the yellowtail.
- : any of various other fishes noted especially for their size.
- : Informal. a person regarded as a leader or authority: a kingfish in Democratic Party circles.
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The "Kingfish" popularized the catch phrase "Holy Mackerel!"
A correspondent wrote that Johnson’s attack had managed to transform the Kingfish ‘from a clown into a real political menace.
We had Father Coughlin and the Kingfish, Huey Long, railing against Franklin Roosevelt.
But as I fish for sailfish with a free-running reel, of course I am exasperated when a kingfish takes hold.
Kingfish are savage strikers and they almost invariably hook themselves when the drag is set.
Their feeding habits are similar to those of the kingfish, and in their season they can be captured in the same way.
It is frequently caught by the Key West fishermen when trolling for kingfish with a bait of bacon-rind.
My brother pulled in this kingfish, which was small, and we rebaited our hooks and went on again.