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bluefish

bluefish noun: a voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

bluefish: a voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean
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Noun

bluefish (countable and uncountable, plural bluefishes or bluefish)

  1. A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
    Synonyms:
    tailor
  2. (Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
  3. A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
  4. (UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
  5. (Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
  6. (Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
    Synonyms:
    golden, brassy, lowfin, blue-bronze chub, yellow chub, lowfin drummer

bluefish meaning in Tamil

bluefish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of bluefish

All synonyms of bluefish

Forms of bluefish

pluralbluefishes
pluralbluefish

Origin of bluefish

From blue + fish.

Words formed from bluefish

  • Bermuda bluefish
  • Boston bluefish
  • Japanese bluefish
  • New Zealand bluefish
  • salmon bluefish

Questions about bluefish

What does bluefish mean?
Bluefish means a voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
What is bluefish in Tamil?
Bluefish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Bluefish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bluefish?
Bluefish is a noun.
What is the plural of bluefish?
The plural of bluefish is bluefishes.

Words near bluefish in the dictionary

  1. Bluefield
  2. bluefin
  3. bluefin tuna
  4. bluefin tunas
  5. bluefins
  6. bluefish
  7. bluefishes
  8. bluegill
  9. bluegills
  10. Bluegown
  11. Bluegowns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bluefish (page history and authors); bluefish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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