BLUEBACK

Etymology

Noun

blueback (plural bluebacks)

Any of several fish

A lake trout (Salmo oquassa).

A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).

A blueback herring or blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis, syn. Clupea aestivalis) similar to the alewife

Source: Wiktionary


Blue"back`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A trout (Salmo oquassa) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine. (b) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward. (c) An American river herring (Clupea æstivalis), closely allied to the alewife.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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