Meaning of ROCKFISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'râk`fish
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- [n] marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
- [n] marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
- [n] the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
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| | Synonyms: | | Roccus saxatilis, striped bass, striper |
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| | See Also: | | copper rockfish, genus Roccus, genus Sebastodes, ocean perch, ocean perch, rasher, red rockfish, redfish, Roccus, rockfish, rockfish, rosefish, rosefish, saltwater fish, scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish, sea bass, Sebastodes, Sebastodes caurinus, Sebastodes marinus, Sebastodes miniatus, Sebastodes ruberrimus, vermillion rockfish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several California scorp[ae]noid food fishes
of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.
ruber}). They are among the most important of California
market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.
(b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.
(c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda
groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.
(d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.
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