blackfish
Americannoun
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any of various dark-colored fishes, as the tautog, Tautoga onitis, or the black sea bass, Centropristes striata.
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a small, freshwater food fish, Dallia pectoralis, found in Alaska and Siberia, noted for its ability to survive frozen in ice.
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a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis , related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
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a female salmon that has recently spawned Compare redfish
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any of various other dark fishes, esp the luderick, a common edible Australian estuary fish
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another name for pilot whale
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Spiny-finned sea robin, blackfish and wayward angelfish swim in the murky ocean tinted green by sheets of algae.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023
The orca’s journey from wild to captive would spark a worldwide sensation and change everything we knew about "blackfish."
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2018
“People bump into each other in church,” said Sean Barrett, 38, founder of Dock to Dish, “and say, ‘Hey, I had your blackfish the other night and it was phenomenal.’ ”
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
Could the dark overall colouration in the blackfish perhaps be a paedomorphic feature?
From Scientific American ● Feb. 27, 2012
He spoke conversationally, laughed as if I had made an amusing reply, and moved off to the pickled blackfish.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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