blueback
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editblueback (plural bluebacks)
- Any of several fish
- A lake trout (Salmo oquassa).
- A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).
- A blueback herring or blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis, syn. Clupea aestivalis) similar to the alewife
- A Beardslee trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus f. beardsleei).