Menticirrhus vs kingfish

Menticirrhus and kingfish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Menticirrhus	Yes	No	No	No
kingfish	Yes	No	No	No

Menticirrhus (noun)	kingfish (noun)
kingfishes; whiting	any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
	large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
	small silvery marine food fish found off California
	large game fish of Australia and New Zealand
	the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States