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rainbow runner

noun

  1. a streamlined, cigar-shaped swift jack, Elagatis bipinnulata, of warm seas, having a blue back, light-colored abdomen, and blue-bordered yellow stripes on its sides: a food and game fish.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rainbow runner1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

Despite contributing fewer of those points than Thompson, Curry still managed to find his way into the highlight reel more than once, including a third-quarter rainbow runner after taking a through-the-legs pass in stride.

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As the fleet pushed steadily southward, with larger, safer, more comfortable boats, fish holds went from storing yellowtail, calico bass, albacore and giant seabass to adding more exotics like dolphin, wahoo, yellowfin and the occasional rainbow runner.

POT TOP: This rainbow runner jumped on a popper.

Claycomb fooled a 100-plus-pound, 41�2-foot-long cubera while slow-trolling a rainbow runner off the Gulf of Papagayo on the country's Pacific coast.

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