noun 1. Also called kingfish. any scombroid food fish of the genus Scomberomorus, esp S. maculatus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Scombridae (mackerels, tunnies, etc)
2. a mackerel, Scomber colias, of European and E North American coasts that is similar to the common Atlantic mackerel
3. any of various related marine food fishes, esp Scomberomerus Commerson