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Coalfish

Coal′fishˊ

,
Noun.
[Named from the dark color of the back.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The pollock; – called also,
coalsey
,
colemie
,
colmey
,
coal whiting
, etc. See
Pollock
.
(b)
The beshow or candlefish of Alaska.
(c)
The cobia.

Definition 2024


coalfish

coalfish

English

Noun

coalfish (plural coalfish)

Two coalfish.
  1. any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.

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