Meaning

9 senses
  1. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

    Any member of the genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.

  2. Any member of the genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.

    Especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch.

  3. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:

    A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum.

    large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico

  4. Lutjanus spp., snappers.

  5. Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai.

  6. Etelis oculatus, queen snapper.

  7. Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper.

  8. A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae.

  9. Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.

Origin

From red + fish.

From red + fish.

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Forms

plural: redfish / redfishes
Singularredfish
Pluralredfish / redfishes

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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