| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.[Websters]
2. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb carangoidly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (carangoidly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective carangoid.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CARANGOID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Carangoid \Ca*ran"goid\, adjective. [Caranx -oid.]. (references) |
