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GAME FISH Synonyms

There are 43 synonyms of the phrase game fish. (exact relations)
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase game fish. (close relations)

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amberjack
nounn
noun

• any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes

barracuda
nounn
noun

• any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth

bass
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the lowest part of the musical range

• the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

• the lowest part in polyphonic music

• any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

• nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

• an adult male singer with the lowest voice

• the lowest adult male singing voice

• the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

adjective satellite

• having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

bluefish
nounn
noun

• bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters

• fatty bluish flesh of bluefish

carp
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised

• any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae

verb

• raise trivial objections

catfish
verb, nounv, n
noun

• flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

• large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

• any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

verb

• To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity

cobia
nounn
noun

• large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters

cod
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

• lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

• major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

adverb

• collecting the charges upon delivery

adjective satellite

• payable by the recipient on delivery

verb

• fool or hoax

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

dorado
nounn
noun

• a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud

drum
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

verb

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

flounder
verb, nounv, n
noun

• flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

• any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

verb

• walk with great difficulty

• behave awkwardly; have difficulties

gar
nounn
noun

• primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

• elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

grouper
nounn
noun

• flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass

• usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas

haddock
nounn
noun

• lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried

• important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller

halibut
nounn
noun

• lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific

• marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

kingfish
nounn
noun

• the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States

• large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

• small silvery marine food fish found off California

• any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast

• large game fish of Australia and New Zealand

largemouth
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye

lingcod
nounn
noun

• the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States

• food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings

mackerel
nounn
noun

• flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish

• any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

marlin
nounn
noun

• large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes

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Alternatives for AMBERJACK

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