Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various dark-colored fishes, such as.
- noun A small edible freshwater fish (Dallia pectoralis) that inhabits streams and ponds of Alaska and Siberia and is noted for its ability to withstand freezing.
- noun Any of several dark-colored toothed whales, especially the pilot whale.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of several fishes.
- noun A name of several delphinoid cetaceans, especially of the genus Globicephalus. Also called
black–whale . - noun In Australia: A sea-fish, Incisidens simplex.
- noun A sea-fish, Girella tricuspidata.
- noun A fresh-water fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is
Globicephalus melas . Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size. - noun (Zoöl.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
- noun (Zoöl.) The black sea bass (
Centropristis atrarius ) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called alsoblack Harry . - noun (Zoöl.) A fish of southern Europe (
Centrolophus pompilus ) of the Mackerel family. - noun (Zoöl.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several species of fish of medium gray to black color.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
- noun small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
- noun female salmon that has recently spawned
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Examples
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Photographer AJ Wilhelm and I have been chasing local and sustainable food - anything with fins, scales and gills -- wherever we could: we fished for bluefish off Orchard Beach in the Bronx, striped bass in the Verazzano Narrows, blackfish from the bottom of the New York Bight and everything that swims in Jamaica Bay.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Photographer AJ Wilhelm and I have been chasing local and sustainable food - anything with fins, scales and gills -- wherever we could: we fished for bluefish off Orchard Beach in the Bronx, striped bass in the Verazzano Narrows, blackfish from the bottom of the New York Bight and everything that swims in Jamaica Bay.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Photographer AJ Wilhelm and I have been chasing local and sustainable food - anything with fins, scales and gills -- wherever we could: we fished for bluefish off Orchard Beach in the Bronx, striped bass in the Verazzano Narrows, blackfish from the bottom of the New York Bight and everything that swims in Jamaica Bay.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Photographer AJ Wilhelm and I have been chasing local and sustainable food - anything with fins, scales and gills -- wherever we could: we fished for bluefish off Orchard Beach in the Bronx, striped bass in the Verazzano Narrows, blackfish from the bottom of the New York Bight and everything that swims in Jamaica Bay.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Photographer AJ Wilhelm and I have been chasing local and sustainable food - anything with fins, scales and gills -- wherever we could: we fished for bluefish off Orchard Beach in the Bronx, striped bass in the Verazzano Narrows, blackfish from the bottom of the New York Bight and everything that swims in Jamaica Bay.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Photographer AJ Wilhelm and I have been chasing local and sustainable food - anything with fins, scales and gills -- wherever we could: we fished for bluefish off Orchard Beach in the Bronx, striped bass in the Verazzano Narrows, blackfish from the bottom of the New York Bight and everything that swims in Jamaica Bay.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Photographer AJ Wilhelm and I have been chasing local and sustainable food - anything with fins, scales and gills -- wherever we could: we fished for bluefish off Orchard Beach in the Bronx, striped bass in the Verazzano Narrows, blackfish from the bottom of the New York Bight and everything that swims in Jamaica Bay.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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On occasion, when a school of blackfish disported by, each one of them a whale of respectable size, Nishikanta would be beside himself in the ecstasy of inflicting pain.
CHAPTER XII 2010
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He told me he said that (the blackfish comment) because if I was going to start catching bigger fish than him and telling bigger fish stories than him, he was going to have to treat me like a man instead of a boy.
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He told me he said that (the blackfish comment) because if I was going to start catching bigger fish than him and telling bigger fish stories than him, he was going to have to treat me like a man instead of a boy.
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