blackfish

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Definition of blackfish in English English dictionary

Any of several species of fish of medium gray to black color

The female salmon in the spawning season

The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast

A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family

A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species

large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school

female salmon that has recently spawned

Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size

The most common is G

{i} freshwater dark-colored fish found abundantly in Arctic North America and Siberia; female salmon that has reproduced; black toothed whale having a bulbous head found in the Atlantic coast of the United States (also called pilot whale)

The tautog of New England (Tautoga)

melas

It is excellent food fish; locally called also black Harry

Hyphenation

black·fish