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blueback

blueback noun: a lake trout (Salmo oquassa).

Noun

blueback (plural bluebacks)

  1. A lake trout (Salmo oquassa).
  2. A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).
  3. A blueback herring or blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis, syn. Clupea aestivalis) similar to the alewife.
  4. A Beardslee trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus f. beardsleei).
  5. The blueback salmon

Forms of blueback

pluralbluebacks

Origin of blueback

From blue + back.

Phrases with blueback

Questions about blueback

What does blueback mean?
Blueback means a lake trout (Salmo oquassa).
What part of speech is blueback?
Blueback is a noun.
What is the plural of blueback?
The plural of blueback is bluebacks.

Words near blueback in the dictionary

  1. blue-winged macaw
  2. blue-winged teal
  3. blue-winged teals
  4. BlueAnon
  5. blueb
  6. blueback
  7. blueback salmon
  8. bluebacks
  9. blueball
  10. blueballed
  11. blueballing

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