blackfish

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun Any of various dark-colored fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
3. noun Any of various dark-colored toothed whales. The pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.). The killer whale (Orcinus orca).
4. noun The pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.).
5. noun The killer whale (Orcinus orca).
6. noun Either of two dark-colored fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
7. noun Any of various dark-colored fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick (Girella tricuspidata), and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
8. verb To go fishing for blackfish.

Similar words

tautog black whale pilot whale common blackfish globicephala melaena tautoga onitis black salmon cockfish atlantic salmon landlocked salmon

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Word family

blackfishes