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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo["o]l.) a A large marine food fish ({Serranus, or Centropristis, atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass}, {blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}. b A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob. corrupted fr the Sp name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zo["o]l.) A large handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish ({Iridio, syn. Platyglossus radiatus}) of Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also {pudiano}, {doncella}, and at Bermuda, {bluefish}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[ae]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[ae]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bluefish n 1: bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters [syn: {Pomatomus saltatrix}] 2: fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
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