BLUEFISH

bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix

(noun) bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters

bluefish

(noun) fatty bluish flesh of bluefish

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bluefish (countable and uncountable, plural bluefishes or bluefish)

A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).

A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).

(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).

(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).

(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.

Synonyms

• (Pomatomus saltatrix): tailor

• (Kyphosus vaigiensis): golden, brassy, lowfin, blue-bronze chub, yellow chub, lowfin drummer

Source: Wiktionary

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Blue"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

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.

Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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