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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sea bass \sea" bass`\ . zool.
a a large marine food fish serranus atrarius syn.
centropristis atrarius which abounds on the atlantic
coast of the united states. it is dark bluish, with black
bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and
blotches. called also, locally, blue bass, black sea
bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.
b a california food fish cynoscion nobile; -- called
also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
1913 webster
see also:
serranus atrarius centropristis atrarius blue bass black sea bass blackfish bluefish
black perch cynoscion nobile white sea bass sea salmon
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pudding fish \pud"ding fish\, pudding wife \pudding wife\ prob.
corrupted fr. the sp. name in cuba, pudiano verde. zool.
a large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish
iridio radiatus, syn. platyglossus radiatus of florida,
bermuda, and the west indies. called also pudiano,
doncella, and, at bermuda, bluefish.
webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
iridio radiatus platyglossus radiatus pudiano doncella bluefish
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bluefish \blue"fish`\, n. zool.
1. a large voracious fish pomatomus saitatrix, of the
family carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely
distributed on the american coast. on the new jersey and
rhode island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in
virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
1913 webster
2. a west indian fish platyglossus radiatus, of the
family labridae.
1913 webster
note: the name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
1913 webster
see also:
pomatomus saitatrix carangidae horse mackerel saltwater tailor skipjack platyglossus radiatus
labridae
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bluefish
n 1: bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow
schools of small fishes into shallow waters syn: pomatomus
saltatrix
2: fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
also: bluefishes pl
see also:
pomatomus saltatrix bluefishes
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