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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blueback \Blue"back`\, n. (Zool.)
   (a) A trout (Salmo oquassa) inhabiting some of the lakes of
       Maine.
   (b) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and
       northward.
   (c) An American river herring (Clupea [ae]stivalis),
       closely allied to the alewife.
       [1913 Webster]