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COALFISH
Etymology
Noun
coalfish (plural coalfishes or coalfish)
any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
Source: Wiktionary
Coal"fish`, n. Etym: [Named from the dark color of the back.] (Zoöl.) (a) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock. (b) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska. (c) The cobia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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