blackfish

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Synonyms: blackish, brackish, blacklist, blackwash, blockish, backfist, backfisch, clackdish, blankish, slackish, blackfin

Antonyms: blackish, brackish, blacklist, blackwash, blockish, backfist, backfisch, clackdish, blankish, slackish, blackfin

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Noun

1. An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Any of various dark-colored fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
3. Any of various dark-colored toothed whales. The pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.). The killer whale (Orcinus orca).
4. The pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.).
5. The killer whale (Orcinus orca).
6. Either of two dark-colored fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
7. Any of various dark-colored fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick (Girella tricuspidata), and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.

Verb

1. To go fishing for blackfish.

Verb

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

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