redfish
The English word “redfish” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any member of the genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.
- especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch.
- A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum.
- Lutjanus spp., snappers.
- Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai.
- Etelis oculatus, queen snapper.
- Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper.
- A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae.
- Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.
Etymology
From red + fish.
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