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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