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carangid
ca·ran·gid C0096700 (kə-răn′jĭd, -răng′gĭd)n. Any of a large family (Carangidae) of marine food and game fishes, such as the jacks and pompanos.
[From New Latin Carangidae, family name, from French carangue, mackerel, from Spanish caranga, perhaps ultimately from Latin cancer, crab.]
ca·ran′gid adj.carangid (kəˈrændʒɪd; -ˈræŋɡɪd) or carangoidn (Animals) any marine percoid fish of the family Carangidae, having a compressed body and deeply forked tail. The group includes the jacks, horse mackerel, pompano, and pilot fishadj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Carangidae[C19: from New Latin Carangidae, from Caranx type genus, from French carangue shad, from Spanish caranga, of obscure origin]ca•ran•gid (kəˈræn dʒɪd)
n. 1. any of numerous fishes of the family Carangidae, comprising the jacks, scads, pompanos, and cavallas. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the carangids. [1885–90; < New Latin Carangidae <Carang-, s. of Caranx genus name] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | carangid - a percoid fish of the family Carangidaecarangid fishpercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order PerciformesCarangidae, family Carangidae - large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seasjack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seashorsefish, horsehead, horse-head, moonfish, Selene setapinnis, Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish - any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodiespompano - any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of MexicoNaucrates ductor, pilotfish - small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantasscad - any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae | | Adj. | 1. | carangid - of or relating to fish of the family Carangidaezoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals |
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Synonyms for carangidnoun a percoid fish of the family CarangidaeSynonymsRelated Words- percoid
- percoid fish
- percoidean
- Carangidae
- family Carangidae
- jack
- horsefish
- horsehead
- horse-head
- moonfish
- Selene setapinnis
- Atlantic moonfish
- dollarfish
- pompano
- Naucrates ductor
- pilotfish
- scad
adj of or relating to fish of the family CarangidaeRelated Words- zoological science
- zoology
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