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blue runner

blue runner

7.9
A fast fish with a blue body that lives near coasts from Cape Cod to Brazil
  • noun
  • /bluː ˈrʌnər/
  • US
translation icon : pez corredor azul
  • During our diving trip, we observed a school of blue runners swimming gracefully above the coral reef.
  • blue runner fish

Examples

  • While fishing off the coast of Florida, we caught several blue runners that darted swiftly through the water.

  • Blue runner and hard-head catfish.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Mackerel, sardines, herring, blue runner, mullet, capelin, butterfish.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish featuring blue runner, highlighting its firm texture and mild flavor.

Synonyms

Caranx crysos
vsblue runner
  • Specialized
9.9

A fish found in the western Atlantic from Cape Cod to Brazil, often called blue runner

is the everyday common name used by non specialists and the public

Surface Forms

blue runner singular
blue runners plural

Morphology

blue + runner

This is a straightforward adjective + noun naming pattern: 'blue' describes the colour and 'runner' (here a type of fish) identifies the animal, so the overall meaning (a bluish fish called a runner) is directly derivable from the parts. Color + noun species names are cross-linguistically common and follow a regular compositional pattern familiar to B1 learners who know the constituent words.

Etymology

The compound noun blue runner gets its name from its bright blue color and from runner because the fish swims so fast it looks like it 'runs' through the water. That's why the name means a speedy blue fish.