English Explanatory Dictionary

blueback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

blueback bluebacks

Etymology

From blue + back.

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