rockfish
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specificallyAny of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
Meaning
15 sensesAny of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
(countable, uncountable)A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
(countable, uncountable)Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
(countable, uncountable)Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
(countable, uncountable)Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
(countable, uncountable)Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
(countable, uncountable)Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
(countable, uncountable)Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
(countable, uncountable)A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
(countable, uncountable)A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
(countable, uncountable)Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
(countable, uncountable)Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
(countable, uncountable)Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
- marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
- the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
- marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
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Origin
From rock + fish.From rock + fish.
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Forms
plural: rockfish / rockfishesSynonyms
3 synonyms- marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone:striped bassstriperRoccus saxatilis
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable