Defn: A California sciænoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish.
QUEENHOOD
Queen"hood, n.
Defn: The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness.
Tennyson.
QUEENING
Queen"ing, n. Etym: [See Queen apple.] (Bot.)
Defn: Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening, scarlet queening, and early queening. An apple called the queening was cultivated in England two hundred years ago.
QUEENLINESS
Queen"li*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.
QUEENLY
Queen"ly, a. Etym: [AS. cwenlic feminine.]
Defn: Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen.
QUEEN OLIVE
Queen olive. [Cf. Sp. aceituna de la Reina olive of the Queen.]
(Olive Trade)