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noun
Any of many fish that swim near the seafloor: a demersal fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fish for groundfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bottom fish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: food fish
History
From ground + fish.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
