Bluefish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A voracious food and game fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) of temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
  • n. Any of various fishes that are predominantly blue, such as the pollack.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A voracious fish, of the genus Pomatomus, found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidæ, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
  • n. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridæ.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The usual name of a fish of the family Pomatomidæ, the Pomatomus saltatrix, also called tailor, skipjack, blue-snapper, and green-fish.
  • n. An occasional (New England) name of the common cunner, Ctenolabrus adspersus. See cunner.
  • n. A Californian sciænoid fish, Cynoscion parvipinne, related to the weakfish of the eastern United States.
  • n. A pimelepteroid fish of the Pacific coast of the United States, Girella nigricans, of a bluish-brown color, with tricuspid incisors in an outer row, and a band of smaller teeth within.
  • n. A West Indian and Floridian labroid fish, Platyglossus radiatus, with 9 dorsal spines, cheeks and opercles naked, and well-developed posterior canines.
  • n. Girella cyarrea, a hæmuloid fish found in Australian waters.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
  • n. fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
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