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redfish

noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

Any of genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 2

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

Any of genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.

especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch.

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Meaning 3

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum.

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Meaning 4

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

Lutjanus spp., snappers.

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Meaning 5

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai.

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Meaning 6

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

Etelis oculatus, queen snapper.

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Meaning 7

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper.

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Meaning 8

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae.

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Meaning 9

Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.

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Meaning 10

male salmon that has recently spawned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: salmon

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noun

Meaning 11

large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: red drum, channel bass, Sciaenops ocellatus

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Broader terms: drum, drumfish

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Meaning 12

North Atlantic rockfish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: rosefish, ocean perch

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Broader terms: rockfish

History

Etymology

From red + fish.