blue·fish /-ˌfɪʃ/
竹莢魚之類
Blue·fish n. Zool.
1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidæ, 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.
2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridæ.
Note: ☞ The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
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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)]