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Definition of Bluefish

1. Noun. Bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters.

Definition of Bluefish

1. n. 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.

Definition of Bluefish

1. Noun. A voracious fish, of the genus ''Pomatomus'', found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bluefish

1. a marine fish [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Bluefish

1. 1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, 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 Labridae. The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Bluefish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"The bluefish sometimes make their way up the rivers to a considerable distance, the adults, however, apparently never entering the perfectly fresh water. ..."

2. The Big Game Fishes of the United States: A Collection of Critical Essays by Charles Burton Martin, Viktor Aleksandrovich Maksunov, Charles Frederick Holder, Amiya Chandra Chakravarty, David Malet Armstrong (1903)
"... a season would be considered a good catch by some people, and then he produced the game. It was a bluefish. So, in Georgia, the •5* bluefish ..."

3. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"bluefish. In season from the beginning of May to the end of September. ... Clean, wash, and wipe a fresh 4-pound bluefish, season inside and outside with ..."

4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"The size of the bluefish runs from 3 to 5 pounds, though occasionally very ... The bluefish is one of the popular fishes in all the large markets of the ..."

5. With Rod and Gun in New England and the Maritime Provinces ...: With Valuble by Edward Augustus Samuels (1897)
"The bluefish is, perhaps, one of the most widely distributed of all the migratory ... THE bluefish. On our coast it is a well-known species from Maine to ..."

6. Fifty-two Sunday Dinners: A Book of Recipes, Arranged on a Unique Plan by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1915)
"bluefish A LA CREOLE Remove bones from a fresh, three-pound bluefish. Place on a well-buttered fish sheet, laid in a dripping pan. ..."

7. The big game fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"CHAPTER X THE bluefish " Fisherman. Master, I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. Master. Why, as men do a-land : the great ones eat up the little ones. ..."

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