blackfishes

Meanings

Noun

• large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
• female salmon that has recently spawned
• small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
• plural of blackfish

Synonyms

black whale, blackfish, common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale, tautog, Tautoga onitis