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Webster 1913 Edition


Bluefish

Blue′fishˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
1.
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
.
2.
A West Indian fish (
Platyglossus radiatus
), of the family
Labridæ
.
☞ The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.

Definition 2024


bluefish

bluefish

English

Noun

bluefish (countable and uncountable, plural bluefishes or bluefish)

  1. A voracious fish, of the genus Pomatomus, found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean
  2. (Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse.

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