Blūe'-fish, n.

n. [blue and fish.]

1. (Ichth.) A fish, a species of Coryphæna, often called dolphin, found in the Atlantic.
2. A fish allied to the mackerel, but larger, common off the shores of New England and the Atlantic States; the Temnodon saltator. On the Jersey coast it is called horse-mackerel, and in Virginia, salt-water tailor. Baird. Bartlett.