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Blackfish

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Noun

1. blackfish, tautog, tautoga onitis

large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

2. blackfish

female salmon that has recently spawned

3. black whale, blackfish, common blackfish, globicephala melaena, pilot whale

small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school

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Blackfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
1. 
a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
2. 
a female salmon that has recently spawned
Compare redfish (sense 1)
3. 
any of various other dark fishes, esp the luderick, a common edible Australian estuary fish
4.  another name for pilot whale

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Blackfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈblackˌfish or ˈblackˌfishes
1.  US
any of a genus (Globicephala) of large, black, migratory dolphins; pilot whale
2. 
any of a number of dark marine fishes, as a sea bass or tautog
3. 
an edible Siberian or Alaskan freshwater fish (Dallia pectoralis) of the same order (Salmoniformes) as trout, pike, and salmon: reputed to revive after being frozen

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Blackfish

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n. pl. blackfish or black·fish·es
1. Any of various dark-colored fishes, such as:
a. 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.
b. See tautog.
2. Any of several dark-colored toothed whales, especially the pilot whale.

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