bluefish
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈbluːfɪʃ/
- US
:
carne de pez azul
- For dinner, we grilled bluefish seasoned with lemon and herbs.
- smoked bluefish
Examples
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The above program would permit managers to safeguard the reproductive stability of bluefish while minimizing any potential health risk associated with the consumption of bluefish contaminated with PCBs.
Academic text (1992) -
In the mid to late 1940s, bluefish were scarce; in the 1950s and 1960s, weakfish were scarce; since 1963, scup have been scarce (McHugh, 1977).
Academic text (1990) -
I took thirty pounds of bluefish to the smoker today.
Fiction book (1996) -
They reduced the market price of bluefish so low that commercial hand liners were forced to quit.
Academic text (1990) -
The remainder of this report will explore alternative harvest strategies that incorporate safeguards for consumers of bluefish.
Academic text (1992) -
He sold bluefish pâté, cocktail sauce, lemons, asparagus, and, because it was summer, fresh corn on the cob.
Fiction book (1998) -
He caught a large bluefish while fishing off the coast, and it made a delicious meal.
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I enjoyed a sandwich made with smoked bluefish on fresh bagels.
Synonyms
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1.0
Meat from a water animal that people cook and eat
111
1.0
Animals from the sea that people eat, like fish and shellfish
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1.9
Meat from fish that live in the sea and people eat
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2.1
A fish that people catch or farm to eat
A bluish sea fish called bluefish that eats smaller fish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bluefish for the meat comes from the name of the fish and literally means the 'flesh of the bluefish', which is often fatty and slightly bluish. So when you see bluefish on a menu it refers to the fish meat you will eat.