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Rockfish Definition And Meaning
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.

Rockfish Definition And Meaning

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

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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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