Groundfish

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fish that swim near the seafloor plural, plural-only

    "Boats catching groundfish — fish near the ocean bottom including cod, haddock and halibut — catch thousands of pounds of fish at a time."

  2. 2
    fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To fish for groundfish

    "Earl, who has lobstered, scalloped, groundfished and run tugs most of his life, is half joking."

Synonyms

All synonyms
bottom fish

Example

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"Once thousands of independent fishermen plied these cold waters harvesting the abundant bottom feeders known here as "groundfish," especially cod."

Etymology

From ground + fish.

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