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Bluefish

noun

Bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters. Synonym: Pomatomus saltatrix.

Fatty bluish flesh of bluefish.

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"Bluefish" Quotes from Famous Books

... pleasant to see that the Nantucket people are all healthy, or, if ailing, have no idea of being treated as they treat bluefish,—offered a red rag or a white bone, some taking sham to bite upon, and so be hauled in and die. As regards the salubrity of the climate, I think there can be no doubt. The faces of the inhabitants speak for themselves on that point. I heard an old lady, not very well preserved, who had ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 • Various

... from a fresh, three-pound bluefish. Place on a well-buttered fish sheet, laid in a dripping pan. Sprinkle with salt and paprika. Cook in a hot oven twenty-five minutes, basting often with melted butter or sweet dripping. Remove to ...

— Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners - A Book of Recipes • Elizabeth O. Hiller

Words linked to "Bluefish" : percoidean, Pomatomus saltatrix, percoid, genus Pomatomus, percoid fish, saltwater fish, Pomatomus