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blueback

/ˈbluːbæk/

/ˈbluˌbæk/

bluebacknoun

bluebacks

/ˈbluːbæk/

/ˈbluˌbæk/

Translations

alose bleueNom d’espèce, surtout pour le blueback herring.

Local fishermen wait for the blueback to appear offshore every spring.

Chaque printemps, les pêcheurs locaux attendent l’arrivée de l’alose bleue au large.

Additional translations

poisson à dos bleutéTraduction générique pour un poisson au dos bleu ou bleuâtre.

Definitions

Any of several fish with a bluish back, especially the sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) when at sea and the blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis).

Local fishermen wait for the blueback to appear offshore every spring.

Synonyms

river herring

blueback herring

juvenile salmon

blueback salmon

shad

herring

alewife

bluebackadjective

more blueback

Comp.

most blueback

Super.

/ˈbluːbæk/

/ˈbluˌbæk/

Used attributively of an animal or its coloration (‘a blueback herring’).

Translations

à dos bleu

The river is famous for its blueback trout.

La rivière est célèbre pour ses truites à dos bleu.

Definitions

Having a blue or bluish back.

The river is famous for its blueback trout.

Synonyms

bluebackproper noun

Definitions

USS Blueback, a United States Navy Barbel-class submarine commissioned in 1959.

The museum displays the USS Blueback as an important piece of naval history.