bluefish

blue·fish

 (blo͞o′fĭsh′)

n. pl. bluefish or blue·fish·es

A silvery bluish or greenish food and game fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) of temperate and tropical waters, known for being a voracious predator.

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bluefish

(ˈbluːˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

1. (Animals) Also called: snapper a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae

2. (Animals) any of various other bluish fishes

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blue•fish

(ˈbluˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.

1. a blue or greenish food and game fish, Pomatomas saltatrix, of the Atlantic and Indian oceans, that travels in schools and is a voracious predator.

2. any of various other fishes, usu. of a bluish color.

[1615–25, Amer.]

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Noun	1.	bluefish - bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters Pomatomus saltatrix percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes genus 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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