Definition of "kingfish" []

• Any of several food and game fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, indigenous to warm Atlantic waters. (noun)
• Any of several similar or related fishes, indigenous to the Pacific Ocean. (noun)
• Informal A person in a position of uncontested authority or influence, especially a powerful political leader. (noun)

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• "People should avoid eating white croaker, also known as kingfish or tomcod, which has the highest contamination levels, the EPA warns."
• "While young and beautiful New Yorkers nibbled at petite plates, Chef ate his way through roasted foie gras, cured kingfish with a crème fraiche, seared scallops with a caviar Beurre blanc and more, talking above the din about his East-meets-West culinary influences."
• "I do gulf fish a little as it is a short ride offshore for snapper, kingfish, shark ECT ect."