BLUEBACK


Meaning of BLUEBACK in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : any of various fishes (as lake herring or glut herring) having a blue or bluish color on the back

2.

[so called from the contrast of the blue ink used on its back to the green ink used on the back of the Northern greenback]

archaic : a paper note of Confederate money

3. : a bluish discoloration of the backs of turkeys resulting from dissemination of feather pigment through the skin when immature feathers are broken

4.

[so called from the color of the coat]

: a young hooded seal

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