GAME FISH Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase game fish. (close relations)
Definition of GAME FISH
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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 | ||||||||