kingfish

(kĭng'fĭsh')
n., pl., kingfish, or -fish·es.

1. 1. Any of several food and game fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, indigenous to warm Atlantic waters.
   2. Any of several similar or related fishes, indigenous to the Pacific Ocean.
2. Informal. A person in a position of uncontested authority or influence, especially a powerful political leader.

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There are two distinct types of fish known as kingfish. The first is actually the regional name for a king mackerel. The name of the second type, found along the Atlantic coast, applies to any of several species of drum.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fisk af familien schiaenidae, stormand

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoofd (leider), Spaanse makreel, koningsvis

Français (French)
n. - (US) caïd, leader

Deutsch (German)
n. - (zo.) Königsdorsch, (zo.) Opah, (zo.) Königsmakrele, (ugs.) beherrschender Geist

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιχθυολ.) σκουμπρί

Italiano (Italian)
pesce grosso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espécie de peixe (m) (Ictiol.)

Русский (Russian)
рыба ментициррус, вожак

Español (Spanish)
n. - pez marino comestible de gran tamaño, jefe

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - havsgös, högsta hönset
n. pl. - havsgös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无鳔石首鱼, 大企业家

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 無鰾石首魚, 大企業家

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 민어과의 바닷물고기 , 두목, 중요인물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 巨頭, キングフィッシュ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سيد غير منازع في منطقه, ملك السمك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סוג של דגי מאכל, מנהיג, מנהל, טיל אויר-קרקע רוסי‬

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