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jewfish

jew·fish
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [joo-fish]
    • /ˈdʒuˌfɪʃ/
    • /ˈdʒuː.ˌfɪʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [joo-fish]
    • /ˈdʒuˌfɪʃ/

Definitions of jewfish word

  • noun plural jewfish any of several very large fishes, especially of the family Serranidae, as the giant sea bass and the groupers Epinephelus itajara and E. nigritus, found in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. 1
  • noun jewfish Any of many types of fish including the Japanese seabass. 1
  • noun jewfish any of various large dark serranid fishes, such as Mycteroperca bonaci, of warm or tropical seas 0
  • noun jewfish any of various marine sciaenid food and game fish, esp the mulloway 0
  • noun jewfish a large food fish of W Australian waters Glaucosama hebraicum 0
  • noun jewfish any of several large fish found in warm seas; esp., a large grouper (Epinephelus itajara) found off Florida 0

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Origin of jewfish

First appearance:

before 1690
One of the 49% oldest English words
1690-1700; apparently Jew + fish

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Parts of speech for Jewfish

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

jewfish popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

jewfish usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with jewfish

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