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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
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noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
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noun
A black person who does not know how to swim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, US, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable
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noun
marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis
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Broader terms: sea bass
noun
marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish
Narrower terms: copper rockfish, Sebastodes caurinus, vermillion rockfish, rasher, Sebastodes miniatus, red rockfish, Sebastodes ruberrimus, rosefish, ocean perch, Sebastodes marinus
noun
the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: saltwater fish
Narrower terms: redfish, rosefish, ocean perch
History
From rock + fish.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
