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rose fish

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large marine food fish, of species Sebastes norvegicus, that lives off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.

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History

Etymology

From rose + fish, since it is usually bright red when fully grown.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: penegal nòrdic — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Dutch: roodbaars — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Faroese: kongafiskur — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Finnish: punasimppu — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Finnish: puna-ahven — Sebastes norvegicus
  • French: sébaste atlantique — Sebastes norvegicus
  • German: Rotbarsch — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Greek: κοκκινόψαρο (kokkinópsaro) — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uer — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uer — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Polish: karmazyn — Sebastes norvegicus
  • Russian: морско́й о́кунь (morskój ókunʹ) — Sebastes norvegicus