(n.) A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, 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.
(n.) A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridae.
Example Sentences:
(1) of unanesthetized bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) recovered within 5 min.
(2) However, certain non-scombroid fish, most notably mahi-mahi, bluefish, and sardines, when spoiled are also commonly implicated in histamine poisoning.
(3) Similar levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides, and fat were found in 20 correlated uncooked and cooked (baked) bluefish fillets.
(4) The initially frozen bluefish had been improperly handled in storage and thawing.
(5) Pressures on the right and left sides of the tails of swimming bluefish were measured and found to have a range of +5.9 to -5.9 cm H2O.
(6) Tuna, albacore, mackerel and bonito are implicated, as are nonscombroid fish such as mahi-mahi and bluefish.
(7) Studies on growth stages of the parasite from both host species are necessary before a definite identification of the bluefish parasite can be made.
(8) Pressure previously measured on the body surface of swimming bluefish were resolved into their backward vectorial components to allow calculation of profile drag.
(9) However, food histories implicated bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(10) Thus, bluefish tolerate hemorrhage with initial vasoconstriction via alpha-adrenergic pathways, and hemodilution.
(11) Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), a very popular marine sport fish caught in Atlantic coastal waters, contain significant levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
(12) This outbreak emphasizes that scombroid-type poisoning (1) can be caused by nonscombroid fish such as bluefish, (2) is probably more common than currently recognized, and (3) may become even more widespread as fish become a larger part of our diet.
(13) A myxosporidan parasite, Henneguya sp., was discovered in the bulbus and truncus arteriosus of bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix.
(14) Since fish can be an appreciable portion of human and feline diets, a feeding study was conducted with cats fed exclusively bluefish for 86 days with determination of tissue concentrations of PCBs.
(15) The finding that a bluefish can accelerate at 3 g and that the vertebral column is strongg enough to withstand this force indicates that the muscles and body structure of a bluefish would be able to withstand the force of gravity if the fish were otherwise equipped for terrestrial life.
Blueish
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) In the assessment of clinically doubtful flap vitality (pale or blueish appearance) this method allows the clinician to discriminate grafts in need of therapeutic intervention (drugs, leeching, surgery) from those that need not to be treated.
(2) The snow is blowing horizontally on the industrial estate, but once I'm inside the door, there's tropical heat, bright blueish lights, and Smells Like Teen Spirit is playing on the radio.
(3) Short-wavelength blueish light reaches this maximum at low relative luminances, whereas midspectral yellowish stimuli need several log units higher luminance.
(4) The lighting is a combination of the light from the baseball field and my own lights, set up in the interior of the house to give a blueish cast.
(5) They always presented as a painless submucosal blueish nodule, more or less elevated and firm, appearing as a thrombosed angioma.
(6) Benzidine compounds are known to be in a blueish dimeric form under oxidative circumstances, while after polymerization they yield a dark brown end product.
(7) She had been noticed to have multiple subcutaneous blueish nodules in the lower extremities and multiple body deformities in the four extremities since 6 months old.
(8) Photograph: Alamy Caterpillars have orange brown backs with blueish-grey bands and build nests that form white silken clumps near the tops of pine trees.