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Kindle (kĭnd'l), v. i. 1. To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
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When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Is. xliii. 2.
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2. (Fig.): To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.
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On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton kindles, and the Christian gives way. I. Taylor.
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Kindler (?), n. One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire. “Kindlers of riot.” Gay.
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Kindless (?), a. Destitute of kindness; unnatural. [Obs.] “Kindless villain.” Shak.
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Kindliness (?), n. 1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] Milton.
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2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words.
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In kind a father, but not in kindliness. Sackville.
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3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season.
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Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and
kindliness of seasons. Whitlock.
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Kindling (kĭndlĭng), n. 1. The act of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.

2. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire, such as small twigs or paper; -- also used in the pl..
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Kindly (kīndl�), a. [Compar. Kindlier (kīndlĭẽr); superl. Kindliest.] [AS. cyndelic. See , n. ]
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1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.]
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The kindly fruits of the earth. Book of Com. Prayer.
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An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. Spenser.
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Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for
Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. L. Andrews.
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2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc.
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The shade by which my life was crossed, . . .
Has made me kindly with my kind. Tennyson.
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3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
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In soft silence shed the kindly shower. Pope.
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Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. Wordsworth.
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☞ “Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word as well; and thus the word has attained this meaning.” Trench.
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Kindly, adv. 1. Naturally; fitly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language Addison.
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2. In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.
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Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love. Rom. xii. 10.
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Kindness (?), n. [From . a.] 1. The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.
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I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Shak.
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Unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love. Wordsworth.
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2. A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.

Syn. -- Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness; compassion; humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness; generosity; beneficence; favor.
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Kindred (?), n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination -rǣden, akin to AS. rǣdan to advise, G. rathen. Cf. .] 1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
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Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden.
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2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
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I think there's no man is secure
But the queen's kindred. Shak.

Syn. -- Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity.
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Kindred, a. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
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True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.
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Kine (kīn), n. pl. [For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. cȳ, itself pl. of cū cow. See , and cf. , .] Cows. “A herd of fifty or sixty kine.” Milton.

{ Kinematic (?), Kinematical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to kinematics.
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Coloq. Kinematic curves , curves produced by machinery, or a combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical curves.
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Kinematics (?), n. [Gr. (�),(�) motion, fr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.
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☞ Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. Nichol.
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Kinepox (?), n. (Med.) See .

Kinescope (�), n. See .
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Kinesiatrics (?), n. [Gr. (�) motion (fr. kinei^n to move) + (�) pertaining to medicine, fr. (�) a physician.] (Med.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure.
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Kinesipathy (?), n. [Gr. � motion + paqos suffering.] (Med.) See .
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Kinesitherapy (?), n. [Gr. � motion + � to heal.] (Med.) See .
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Kinesodic (?), a. [Gr. � motion + � way: cf. F. kinésodigue.] (Physiol.) Conveying motion; as, kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly.
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kinetic (kĭnĕtĭk or k�nĕtĭk), a. [Gr. kinhtikos, from kinei^n to move.] (Physics) Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.
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Coloq. Kinetic energy . See , n. 4.
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kinesthesia, kinesthesis kinesthetic See , , and .
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kinesthetics (kĭnĕsthĕtĭks), n. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body.
Syn. -- kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, muscle sense, sense of movement.
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kinetics (kĭnĕtĭks or k�nĕtĭks), n. (Physics) See .
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kinetogenesis (k�nēt�jĕn�sĭs), n. [Gr. kinhtos movable + E. genesis.] (Biol.) The doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.
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kinetoscope (k�nēt�skōp; 277), n. [Gr. kinhtos movable + -scope.] An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also kinescope. Cope.
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kinetograph (?), n. [Gr. � movable + -graph.] (Physics) (a) A camera for making chronophotographs. [obsolescent] (b) A machine for the projection of chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture. [obsolescent] (c) A combined animated-picture machine and phonograph in which sounds appropriate to the scene are automatically uttered by the latter instrument. It has been superseded by recording techniques allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the motion-picture film. [obsolescent]
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kinetophone (?), n. [See , .] A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds. It has been superseded by recording techniques allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the motion-picture film. [obsolescent]
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Kinetoscope (?), n. [Originally a tradename, 1894.] An obsolete form of moving picture viewer, in which a film carrying successive instantaneous views of a moving scene travels uniformly through the field of a magnifying glass. The observer sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in a revolving disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision, give the impression of continuous motion. It has been superseded by more recent versions of movie projector and electronic video viewers.
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kinfolk (?), n. Relatives; kindred; kin; kinsfolk; persons of the same family or closely related families.
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King (kĭng), n. A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.
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King, n. [AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG. kuning, G. könig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. √44. See .] 1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. “Ay, every inch a king.” Shak.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. Burke.
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There was a State without king or nobles. R. Choate.
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But yonder comes the powerful King of Day,
Rejoicing in the east Thomson.
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2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
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3. A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.
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4. The chief piece in the game of chess.
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5. A crowned man in the game of draughts.
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6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
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☞ King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote preëminence or superiority in some particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture.
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Coloq. Apostolic king . See . -- Coloq. King-at-arms , or Coloq. King-of-arms , the chief heraldic officer of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of great authority. His business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz., Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent. -- Coloq. King auk (Zoöl.), the little auk or sea dove. -- Coloq. King bird of paradise . (Zoöl.), See . -- Coloq. King card , in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit. -- Coloq. King Cole , a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century. -- Coloq. King conch (Zoöl.), a large and handsome univalve shell (Cassis cameo), found in the West Indies. It is used for making cameos. See Helmet shell, under . -- Coloq. King Cotton , a popular personification of the great staple production of the southern United States. -- Coloq. King crab . (Zoöl.) (a) The limulus or horseshoe crab. See . (b) The large European spider crab or thornback (Maia squinado). (c) A large crab of the northern Pacific (Paralithodes camtshatica), especially abundant on the coasts of Alaska and Japan, and popular as a food; called also Alaskan king crab. -- Coloq. King crow . (Zoöl.) (a) A black drongo shrike (Buchanga atra) of India; -- so called because, while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds. (b) The Dicrurus macrocercus of India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also devil bird. -- Coloq. King duck (Zoöl.), a large and handsome eider duck (Somateria spectabilis), inhabiting the arctic regions of both continents. -- Coloq. King eagle (Zoöl.), an eagle (Aquila heliaca) found in Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the golden eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial eagle of Rome. -- Coloq. King hake (Zoöl.), an American hake (Phycis regius), found in deep water along the Atlantic coast. -- Coloq. King monkey (Zoöl.), an African monkey (Colobus polycomus), inhabiting Sierra Leone. -- Coloq. King mullet (Zoöl.), a West Indian red mullet (Upeneus maculatus); -- so called on account of its great beauty. Called also goldfish. -- Coloq. King of terrors , death. -- Coloq. King parrakeet (Zoöl.), a handsome Australian parrakeet (Platycercys scapulatus), often kept in a cage. Its prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green, the rump blue, and tail black. -- Coloq. King penguin (Zoöl.), any large species of penguin of the genus Aptenodytes; esp., Aptenodytes longirostris, of the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and Aptenodytes Patagonica, of Patagonia. -- Coloq. King rail (Zoöl.), a small American rail (Rallus elegans), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts are fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep cinnamon color. -- Coloq. King salmon (Zoöl.), the quinnat. See . -- Coloq. King's counsel , or Coloq. Queen's counsel (Eng. Law), barristers learned in the law, who have been called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be employed against the crown without special license. Wharton's Law Dict. -- Coloq. King's cushion , a temporary seat made by two persons crossing their hands. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- Coloq. The king's English , correct or current language of good speakers; pure English. Shak. -- Coloq. King's evidence or Coloq. Queen's evidence , testimony in favor of the Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an accomplice. See under . [Eng.] -- Coloq. King's evil , scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed to be healed by the touch of a king. -- Coloq. King snake (Zoöl.), a large, nearly black, harmless snake (Ophiobolus getulus) of the Southern United States; -- so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes, including even the rattlesnake. -- Coloq. King's spear (Bot.), the white asphodel (Asphodelus albus). -- Coloq. King's yellow , a yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also yellow orpiment. -- Coloq. King tody (Zoöl.), a small fly-catching bird (Eurylaimus serilophus) of tropical America. The head is adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red, edged with black. -- Coloq. King vulture (Zoöl.), a large species of vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while feeding. -- Coloq. King wood , a wood from Brazil, called also violet wood, beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of Dalbergia. See .
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King (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kinging). ] To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty. [R.] Shak.
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Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead. South.
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Kingbird (?), n. (Zoöl.) 1. A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or Tyrannus Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also called king birds.
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2. The king tody. See under .
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Kingbolt (?), n. A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts.
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King Charles spaniel (?) n. (Zoöl.) A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan.
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Kingcraft (?), n. The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. Prescott.
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Kingcup (?), n. (Bot.) The common buttercup.
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Kingdom (?), n. [AS. cyningdōm. See 2d , and .] 1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
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Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Ps. cxiv. 13.
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When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. 2 Chron. xxi. 4.
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2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.
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Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak.
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You're welcome,
Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. Shak.
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3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology, the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for classification. “The animal and vegetable kingdoms.” Locke.
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Coloq. Animal kingdom . See under . -- Coloq. Kingdom of God . (a) The universe. (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign. (c) The authority or dominion of God. -- Coloq. Mineral kingdom . See under . -- Coloq. United Kingdom . See under . -- Coloq. Vegetable kingdom . See under .

Syn. -- Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.
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Kingdomed (kĭngdŭmd), a. Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom. [R.]
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“Twixt his mental and his active parts,
Kingdom'd Achilles in commotion rages
And batters down himself. Shak.
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Kingfish (kĭngfĭsh), n. (Zoöl.) (a) An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially Menticirrus saxatilis, or Menticirrus nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb. (b) The opah. (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See . (d) The queenfish.
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