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Blackfish n.

(Zool.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is Globicephalus melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.

(Zool.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).

(Zool.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; locally called also black Harry.

(Zool.) A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family.

(Zool.) The female salmon in the spawning season. Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.

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"Blackfish" Quotes from Famous Books

... it mean? I had been told by my mother, by Ham, and by other people as I grew up, that Dr. Webb had rowed out in a dory to fish off White Rock, a particularly good local fishing ground for blackfish. Some hours later a passing fishing party discovered the empty dory, bobbing up and down at the end of its kedge cable. The fishing lines were out. My father's hat was in the boat, and his watch lay upon a seat as though he had ...

— Swept Out to Sea - Clint Webb Among the Whalers • W. Bertram Foster

... birds that sang a new, sweet, friendly message to his tired soul. He may climb down to "Tommy's Rock" below the cliffs at Newport (as I have done many a day with my lady Greygown), and, all unnoticed by the idle, weary promenaders in the path of fashion, haul in a basketful of blackfish, and at the same time look out across the shining sapphire waters and inherit a wondrous good ...

— Fisherman's Luck • Henry van Dyke

... got established with its baggage. "See that hard strip of beach? That's no clamflat. I am going to race my car on that sand. Palm Beach has nothing on this. Jackman, the property man (you remember Jacks, don't you, Ruth?), says the blackfish and bass are biting off the Point. You girls can act in movies if you like, but I ...

— Ruth Fielding Down East - Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point • Alice B. Emerson

... Miami River, the chief town of the tribe. Here a grand council was held as to what should be done with him. Boone's fate trembled in the balance. The stake seemed his destined doom. Fortunately, an old woman, of the family of Blackfish, one of their most distinguished chiefs, having lost a son in battle, claimed the captive as her adopted son. Such a claim could not be set aside. It was a legal right in the tribe, and the chiefs could not but yield. They were ...

— Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

Words linked to "Blackfish" : Globicephala melaena, Globicephala, dolphin, black whale, tautog, genus Tautoga, wrasse, genus Globicephala, pilot whale, Tautoga onitis, common blackfish, salmon, Tautoga