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Bluefish   Listen
noun
Bluefish  n.  (Zool.)
1.
A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, 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.
2.
A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridae. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.






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"Bluefish" Quotes from Famous Books



... cottages above, all of shingles all gray with the passing years, for Quantuck history stretches back far into the long-ago, when, Town seven miles away, was a prosperous whaling port. But though the summer visitors come in schools like the bluefish, the little gray village on the cliff is unchanging ...
— Phebe, Her Profession - A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book • Anna Chapin Ray



Words linked to "Bluefish" :   saltwater fish, percoid, genus Pomatomus, Pomatomus saltatrix



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