jewfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
    mulloway; Sciaena antarctica.
  2. noun large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
    Mycteroperca bonaci.

WordNet

Jew"fish` noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.)
  1. A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.
  2. A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.
  3. The black grouper of Florida and Texas.
  4. A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.

Webster 1913