2. A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue bonnet. [Poetic] Shak.

Blue"coat` (&?;), n. One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc.

Blue"-eye` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.

Blue"-eyed` (&?;), a. Having blue eyes.

Blue-eyed grass (&?;) (Bot.) a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.

Blue"fin` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan.

Blue"fish` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) 1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidæ, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

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