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Wahoo vs Kingfish - What's the difference?

wahoo | kingfish |

As nouns the difference between wahoo and kingfish

is that wahoo is species: Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish while kingfish is any of several food fishes of the genus genus: Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroaker.

As a proper noun Wahoo

is a ghost town in California.

wahoo

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • , a tropical and subtropical game fish.
    • Hypernyms
    * Scombridae
    Coordinate terms
    * mackerel * tuna * bonito
    See also
    * (wikipedia "wahoo") * (Acanthocybium solandri) * (Acantocybium solandri)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) *uhawhu .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Southern US) The .

    • Etymology 3

    From a (etyl) word, the first element of which is cognate to (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , a burning bush.

    • kingfish

    English

    (wikipedia kingfish)

    Noun

  • Any of several food fishes of the genus from the Atlantic; kingcroaker
  • Other Atlantic fish
  • # opah (United Kingdom)
  • # white croaker (United Kingdom)
  • # wahoo (Barbados)
  • # (king mackerel)
  • Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
  • # (narrow-barred Spanish mackerel) (Australia)
  • # (Japanese meagre) (Australia)
  • # yellowtail amberjack Seriola lalandi (Australia, New Zealand)
  • # (silver gemfish) (Australia)
  • Caranx
  • # (crevalle jack) (Mauritania)
  • # (giant trevally) (sometimes travelli ) (South Africa)
  • cobia, Rachycentron canadum , of warm waters globally.

    • See also

    *yellowtail