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Definition of "bluefish" [blue•fish]

  • A voracious food and game fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) of temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans. (noun)
  • Any of various fishes that are predominantly blue, such as the pollack. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bluefish" in a sentence
  • "He captures all the action and introduces us to an eccentric gallery of characters that includes: Dick Hathaway, the crotchety legend who once caught a bluefish from a helicopter; Janet Messineo, a recovering alcoholic who says that striped bass saved her life; and Lev Wlodyka, a cagey local whose next fish will spark a storm of controversy and throw the tournament into turmoil."
  • "The bluefish are a sickly hue inside an ash gray blue, they with their black robes."
  • "In its waters swim some of the most magnificent fish on the Atlantic Coast—namely bluefish, big bluefish."