blackfish

Pronunciation: /ˈblakfɪʃ/

The English word “blackfish” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
Any of various dark-colored fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
The pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.).
The killer whale (Orcinus orca).
Either of two dark-colored fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
Any of various dark-colored fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick (Girella tricuspidata), and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.

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

From black + fish.

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