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Rockfish

//ˈɹɑk.fɪʃ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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 countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone wordnet
  3. 3
    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 countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks wordnet
  2. 7
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray) countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:; A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis) countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A black person who does not know how to swim. Internet, US, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable

    "Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river."

Etymology

From rock + fish.

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