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Blackfish Common

Blackfish has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

4

The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.

Verb
1

To go fishing for blackfish.

2

To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wrasse salmon dolphin
Rhyming Words
ish hish lish tish mish eish rish nish dish bish pish fish kish aish wish gish irish ajish ilish swish
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