/am"beuhr jak'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) amberjack , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) amberjacks .
any of several yellow to coppery fork-tailed fishes of the genus Seriola, as S. dumerili of warm Atlantic waters. Also called amberfish .
[ 1890-95; AMBER (color) + JACK 1 (kind of fish) ]