amber-fishn.

Brit.

/ˈambəfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈæmbərˌfɪʃ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: amber n.², fish n.¹

Etymology: < amber n.² + fish n.¹ Compare amberjack n.The name has generally been presumed to refer to the yellow coloration (compare dorado n.); however, a different semantic motivation is implied in quot. 1624.

Now rare (chiefly historical).

Any of various large marine carangid or sparid fishes; (in later use) spec. a carangid fish of the genus Seriola, an amberjack.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of genus Seriola (amber-fish)

pilot fish1592

yellowtaila1622

amber-fish1624

rudderfish1792

kingfish1827

amberjack1873

medregal1884

albacore1890

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 172 The most of which being vnknowne to our Northerne parts, got there new names, either for their shapes or conditions..the delicate Amber-fish from his taste and smell, Angell-fish, Cony-fish, the small yellow taile from that naturall painting.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 107 The Sea-bream, Dorado, or Amber-fish, they follow ships..and are good meat.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dorado..a Fish otherwise call'd the Sea-bream; or Amber-fish, the Head of which in the Water is Green, and the Body as Yellow as Gold.

1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 670 Seriola Lalandi... Amber Fish. It is considered more delicate than the preceding.

1910 C. F. Holder Channel Islands Calif. xxx. 335 As it [sc. Seriola lalandi] has radiant tints of gold-yellow and amber on its tail and a gorgeous side stripe of the same tint, it is called the amber fish or yellowtail.

2009 H. Woodward Brave Vessel vi. Among the species eaten were many of those listed by early settlers as teeming in the island's waters—rockfish, hogfish, amber-fish, hedgehogfish [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amber-fish
释义	amber-fishn. Brit. /ˈambəfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈæmbərˌfɪʃ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: amber n.², fish n.¹ Etymology: < amber n.² + fish n.¹ Compare amberjack n.The name has generally been presumed to refer to the yellow coloration (compare dorado n.); however, a different semantic motivation is implied in quot. 1624. Now rare (chiefly historical). Any of various large marine carangid or sparid fishes; (in later use) spec. a carangid fish of the genus Seriola, an amberjack. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of genus Seriola (amber-fish) pilot fish1592 yellowtaila1622 amber-fish1624 rudderfish1792 kingfish1827 amberjack1873 medregal1884 albacore1890 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 172 The most of which being vnknowne to our Northerne parts, got there new names, either for their shapes or conditions..the delicate Amber-fish from his taste and smell, Angell-fish, Cony-fish, the small yellow taile from that naturall painting. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 107 The Sea-bream, Dorado, or Amber-fish, they follow ships..and are good meat. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dorado..a Fish otherwise call'd the Sea-bream; or Amber-fish, the Head of which in the Water is Green, and the Body as Yellow as Gold. 1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 670 Seriola Lalandi... Amber Fish. It is considered more delicate than the preceding. 1910 C. F. Holder Channel Islands Calif. xxx. 335 As it [sc. Seriola lalandi] has radiant tints of gold-yellow and amber on its tail and a gorgeous side stripe of the same tint, it is called the amber fish or yellowtail. 2009 H. Woodward Brave Vessel vi. Among the species eaten were many of those listed by early settlers as teeming in the island's waters—rockfish, hogfish, amber-fish, hedgehogfish [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1624
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