Weedfish
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One of a variety of species of fish of the family Clinidae found in the waters off Australia and New Zealand. uncountable
"1957, N. J. Berrill and Jacquelyn Berrill, 1001 Questions Answered about the Seashore, New York: Dover, p. 278, In spite of fishermen’s opinions and complaints, cormorants feed principally on bottom fish of no commercial value, such as rockfish and weedfish."
Example
More examples"1957, N. J. Berrill and Jacquelyn Berrill, 1001 Questions Answered about the Seashore, New York: Dover, p. 278, In spite of fishermen’s opinions and complaints, cormorants feed principally on bottom fish of no commercial value, such as rockfish and weedfish."
Etymology
From weed + fish.
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