Blackfish

Meaning

Noun

●

In Scottish English, Cetaceans, Delphinids & Kyphosid fish:

The Atlantic

salmo

n, Salmo

salar

, especially a

female

after spawning.

●

In Cetaceans, Delphinids, Kyphosid fish, Percoid fish, Salmonids, Serranids, Stromateoid fish & Wrasses:

Any of various dark-coloured

fish

of the Old World, especially the

rudderfish

(Centrolophus niger).

●

In Cetaceans & Delphinids:

pilot whale

genus

Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other

whale

s).

●

In American English, Canadian English, Cetaceans, Delphinids, Kyphosid fish, Percoid fish, Salmonids, Serranids, Stromateoid fish & Wrasses:

Either of two dark-coloured

fish

of the

west

Atlantic, the

tautog

of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the

black sea

bass

(Centropristis striata).

●

In Australian English, New Zealand English, Kyphosid fish, Percoid fish, Salmonids, Serranids, Stromateoid fish & Wrasses:

Any of various dark-coloured

fishes

of Australasia, especially the

luderick

, Girella tricuspidata, and a

freshwater

fish

, Gadopsis marmoratus.

Verb

●

In Fishing:

To go

fishing

for blackfish.

⚠️

In Cetaceans & Delphinids:

(

, by

the

, or

hairstyles).

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Blackfish

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