Roughy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fish in family Trachichthyidae; The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
"Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish."
- 2 A fish in family Trachichthyidae; Any of several marine fish of the related genus Trachichthys, which have rough and spiny scales. Australia
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More examples"Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish."
Etymology
From rough + -y.