blue·fish (bl  f sh )n. pl. bluefish or blue·fish·es 1. A voracious food and game fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) of temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans. 2. Any of various fishes that are predominantly blue, such as the pollack. |
bluefish [ˈbluːˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called snapper a bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various other bluish fishes
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| Noun | 1. |  bluefish - bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow watersgenus Pomatomus, Pomatomus - type genus of the Pomatomidae bluefish - fatty bluish flesh of bluefish |
| 2. | bluefish - fatty bluish flesh of bluefish bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix - bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
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