blackfish (English, noun)
expansion: blackfish (plural blackfishes or blackfish)
Senses:
glosses: An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
tags: Scotland
glosses: Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
glosses: A pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.) and occasionally also used for various other whales).
glosses: Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
tags: Canada
US
glosses: Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick (Girella tricuspidata), and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
Forms:
form: blackfishes
tags: plural
form: blackfish
tags: plural