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weedfish

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

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noun

Meaning 1

One of a variety of species of fish of the family Clinidae found in the waters off Australia and New Zealand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1957, N. J. Berrill and Jacquelyn Berrill, 1001 Questions Answered about the Seashore, New York: Dover, p. 278, In spite of fishermen’s opinions and complaints, cormorants feed principally on bottom fish of no commercial value, such as rockfish and weedfish.

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History

Etymology

From weed + fish.