Akademik

red rockfish

noun

1. red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast

• Hypernyms: ↑saltwater fish

• Part Holonyms: ↑Sebastodes ruberrimus

2. a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America

• Syn: ↑Sebastodes ruberrimus

• Hypernyms: ↑rockfish

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noun

1. : a large rockfish (Sebastodes ruberrimus) of the Pacific coast of No. America that is crimson above fading to yellowish pink on the sides and is a highly esteemed food fish — called also red snapper

2. : a red color phase of a large common grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa or Trisotropis venenosa) of the tropical western Atlantic and the West Indies — called also rock grouper

Useful english dictionary. 2012.