Sablefish
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A dark-coloured marine fish of species Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters.
"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."
Example
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 sable + fish.
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