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Webster 1913 Edition


Caranx


Ca′ranx

(kā′răṉks)
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Noun.
(Zool.)
A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.

Definition 2024


Caranx

Caranx

See also: caranx

Translingual

Proper noun

Caranx m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Carangidae – fish called jacks, trevallies, or kingfishes.

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caranx

caranx

See also: Caranx

English

Noun

caranx (plural caranxes)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the fish genus Caranx.