Definition of "jackfish" []

• A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish). (noun)

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• "Afterward, the gentlemen fish in the moonlight off the back of the boat, hauling bonito and jackfish out of the sea under the guidance of Jerome, the humorous eccentric who mans the dining room."
• "Sometimes schools of little fish gliding beneath the dingy began to dash wildly about, and a moment later a group of jackfish or Spanish mackerel could be seen darting around and picking up stragglers from the little school, which often huddled for protection close beside and beneath the dingy."
• "Wesakchak at once did as he was told, and the jackfish, who was strong and a swift swimmer, soon brought him safely to the dry land."