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rockfish

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any 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 Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray) A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
  2. noun A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
  3. noun Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
  4. noun Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
  5. noun Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
  6. noun Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
  7. noun Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
  8. noun Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family

Similar words

striped bass striper roccus saxatilis redfish carcass rock-fish rock rockling crestfish ratfish

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gap and are in river were creek is sebastes

Word family

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