BLACKFISH (blackfishes)

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Irregular inflected form: blackfishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackfish mean? 

• BLACKFISH (noun)
  The noun BLACKFISH has 3 senses:

1. large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

2. female salmon that has recently spawned

3. small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school

  Familiarity information: BLACKFISH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACKFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blackfish; tautog; Tautoga onitis

Hypernyms ("blackfish" is a kind of...):

wrasse (chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored)

Holonyms ("blackfish" is a member of...):

genus Tautoga; Tautoga (tautogs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Female salmon that has recently spawned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("blackfish" is a kind of...):

salmon (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black whale; blackfish; common blackfish; Globicephala melaena; pilot whale

Hypernyms ("blackfish" is a kind of...):

dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

Holonyms ("blackfish" is a member of...):

genus Globicephala; Globicephala (pilot whales)