'Caranx' definitions:

Definition of 'Caranx'

(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of the Carangidae [syn: Caranx, genus Caranx]

Definition of 'Caranx'

From: GCIDE
  • Caranx \Ca"ranx\ (k[=a]"r[a^][ng]ks), n. (Zool.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'caranx'

From: GCIDE
  • Carangidae \Carangidae\ n.
  • 1. large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
  • Syn: family Carangidae. [WordNet 1.5]