English dictionary
bluefish
/'bl/u/,f/I//S/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
Synonyms pomatomus saltatrixSource: WordNet 3.0
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fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A large voracious fish (<i>Pomatomus saitatrix</i>), of the family <i>Carangidæ</i>, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the <i>horse mackerel</i>, in Virginia <i>saltwater tailor</i>, or <i>skipjack</i>.
Source: webster1913