What is "blackfishes"

n. (plural of blackfish English)

See blackfish

1. n. 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]

4. [also: blackfishes (pl)]