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BLUEFISH
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Irregular inflected form: bluefishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
Synonyms:
bluefish; Pomatomus saltatrix
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bluefish" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Meronyms (parts of "bluefish"):
bluefish (fatty bluish flesh of bluefish)
Holonyms ("bluefish" is a member of...):
genus Pomatomus; Pomatomus (type genus of the Pomatomidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("bluefish" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Holonyms ("bluefish" is a part of...):
bluefish; Pomatomus saltatrix (bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters)