bluelined

English

Verb

bluelined

1. simple past and past participle of blueline

Adjective

bluelined (comparative more bluelined, superlative most bluelined)

1. Alternative form of blue-lined
   • 2008, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States, page 6:

     Eighty percent of the bluelined snapper were infected with protozoa in the spleen.

   • 2009, Keith Nolan, The Magnificent Bastards:

     The battlefield resembled an open-topped, bluelined horseshoe some two kilometers in depth and a klick wide.

   • 2013, John Campbell Gardiner, The Dawn Of Life And Other Australian Tales, page 70:

     The bluelined wrasse Stethojulis bandanensis, which is found on The Great Barrier Reef, maintains tuna-like cruising speed of up to 1 metre per second while using 40% less energy than expected for a fish of its size.