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bluefish
(gcide) | Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zool.)
(a) A large marine food fish (Serranus atrarius syn.
Centropristis atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic
coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black
bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and
blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, {black sea
bass}, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.
(b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called
also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
[1913 Webster] |
bluefish
(gcide) | Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob.
corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zool.)
A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish
(Iridio radiatus, syn. Platyglossus radiatus) of Florida,
Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano,
doncella, and, at Bermuda, bluefish.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Bluefish
(gcide) | Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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bluefish
(wn) | bluefish
n 1: bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow
schools of small fishes into shallow waters [syn:
bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix]
2: fatty bluish flesh of bluefish |
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American bluefish
(gcide) | Carangidae \Carangidae\ n.
1. large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to
the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm
seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and
the pilot fish.
Syn: family Carangidae.
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bluefish
(gcide) | Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zool.)
(a) A large marine food fish (Serranus atrarius syn.
Centropristis atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic
coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black
bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and
blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, {black sea
bass}, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.
(b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called
also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
[1913 Webster]Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob.
corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zool.)
A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish
(Iridio radiatus, syn. Platyglossus radiatus) of Florida,
Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano,
doncella, and, at Bermuda, bluefish.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the
family Labrid[ae].
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
bluefish
(wn) | bluefish
n 1: bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow
schools of small fishes into shallow waters [syn:
bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix]
2: fatty bluish flesh of bluefish |
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