Hyphenation of kingfish

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word kingfish? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

king-fish

Definitions of kingfish:

1.	The lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States
2.	Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
3.	Small silvery marine food fish found off California
4.	Any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
5.	Large game fish of Australia and New Zealand

Synonyms of kingfish:

noun	saltwater fish
noun	cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis, Spanish mackerel
noun	white croaker, chenfish, Genyonemus lineatus, croaker
noun	whiting
noun	Seriola grandis, jack

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.