Blackfishes

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blackfishes
       See {blackfish}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blackfish


       n 1: large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North
            America [syn: {tautog}, {Tautoga onitis}]
       2: female salmon that has recently spawned
       3: small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United
          States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the
          school [syn: {pilot whale}, {black whale}, {common
          blackfish}, {Globicephala melaena}]
       [also: {blackfishes} (pl)]