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black·fish  (blkfsh)

n. pl. blackfish or black·fish·es

1. Any of various dark-colored fishes, such as:

a. A small edible freshwater fish (Dallia pectoralis) that inhabits streams and ponds of Alaska and Siberia and is noted for its ability to withstand freezing.

b. See tautog.

2. See pilot whale.

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blackfish [ˈblækˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a female salmon that has recently spawned Compare redfish [1]

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various other dark fishes, esp the luderick, a common edible Australian estuary fish

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for pilot whale

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blackfish - large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America tautog, Tautoga onitis wrasse - chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored genus Tautoga, Tautoga - tautogs
	2.	blackfish - female salmon that has recently spawned salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
	3.	blackfish - small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school black whale, common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises genus Globicephala, Globicephala - pilot whales