Found 2 items, similar to Bluefish.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bluefish
bluefish
n 1: bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow
schools of small fishes into shallow waters [syn:
Pomatomus saltatrix
]
2: fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
[also:
bluefishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bluefish
Bluefish
\Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
1. A large voracious fish (
Pomatomus saitatrix), of the
family
Carangid[ae], 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.
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2. A West Indian fish (
Platyglossus radiatus), of the
family
Labrid[ae].
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Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
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