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
Having read about and seen dozens of pictures of blackfish before I came to Ascension, I didn’t expect to like or appreciate them as much as I do.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2015
Karl Kelso, a dive instructor who also works in computers, said he had come face to face with a this-big blackfish, holding his hands apart to indicate something the size of a Labrador.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2010
I will wade across the river of the blackfish, the otter, the beaver.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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