Definition of "coalfish" [coal•fish]

• Any of several black or dark-colored fishes, especially the pollock or sablefish. (noun)

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• "At one luncheon buffet, I counted 14 varieties, including lox, tuna salad, smoked mackerel, salmon with peppers, smoked Greenland halibut, coalfish with asparagus and several shellfish salads."
• "Folk living fair at the edge of the sea might occasionally bring home a string of haddock and coalfish, enough for a single boiling, but with none left over for the following day."
• "The christmas cookies for the tropical fishes, turtles and sharks are made of coalfish instead of pastry."