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blue⋅fish

[bloo-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. a predaceous, marine, bluish or greenish food fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of North and South America.
2. any of various fishes, usually of a bluish color.

Origin:
1615–25, Americanism; blue + fish
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blue·fish   (blōō'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. bluefish or blue·fish·es
  1. A voracious food and game fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) of temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.

  2. Any of various fishes that are predominantly blue, such as the pollack.

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