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black·fish (-fis̸h′)

noun pl. blackfish -·fish′, blackfishes -·fish′es

  1. ☆ any of a genus (Globicephala) of large, black, migratory dolphins; pilot whale
  2. any of a number of dark marine fishes, as a sea bass or tautog
  3. an edible Siberian or Alaskan freshwater fish (Dallia pectoralis) of the same order (Salmoniformes) as trout, pike, and salmon: reputed to revive after being frozen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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