Main Entry: ca·ran·gid

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈran-jəd, -ˈraŋ-gəd\

Function: adjective

Etymology: ultimately from French carangue shad, horse mackerel, from Spanish caranga

Date: 1931

: of or relating to a large family (Carangidae of the order Perciformes) of marine spiny-finned bony fishes including important food fishes

— carangid noun