'Blackfish' definitions:

Definition of 'blackfish'

(from WordNet)
noun
Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America [syn: tautog, blackfish, Tautoga onitis]
noun
Female salmon that has recently spawned
noun
Small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school [syn: pilot whale, black whale, common blackfish, blackfish, Globicephala melaena]

Definition of 'Blackfish'

From: GCIDE
  • Blackfish \Black"fish\, n.
  • 1. (Zool.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is Globicephalus melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga). [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) A fish of southern Europe ({Centrolophus pompilus}) of the Mackerel family. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) The female salmon in the spawning season. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'blackfish'

From: GCIDE
  • Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tauta['u]og.] (Zool.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or {Tautoga onitis}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. [Written also tautaug.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'blackfish'

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