About The Word Rockfish
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Rockfish
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What's The Definition Of Rockfish?
[n] marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
[n] marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America [n] the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks Synonyms | Synonyms for Rockfish: Roccus saxatilis | striped bass | striper Related Terms | Find terms related to Rockfish: See Also | copper rockfish | genus Roccus | genus Sebastodes | ocean perch | ocean perch | rasher | red rockfish | redfish | Roccus | rockfish | rockfish | rosefish | rosefish | saltwater fish | scorpaenid | scorpaenid fish | sea bass | Sebastodes | Sebastodes caurinus | Sebastodes marinus | Sebastodes miniatus | Sebastodes ruberrimus | vermillion rockfish Rockfish In Webster's Dictionary \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several California scorp[ae]noid food fishes
of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.
ruber}). They are among the most important of California
market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.
(b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.
(c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda
groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.
(d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.
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