bottom fish

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noun
  1. any of certain fishes that live at or near the bottom of a body of water, as certain of the cod and related species, the flatfishes, and catfishes.

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bottom-fish
[ bot-uhm-fish ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.

Origin of bottom-fish

2
First recorded in 1840–50

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How to use bottom fish in a sentence

  • It was evidently a bottom fish of some kind, and resembled a "hammer-head," but with some marked differences.

    Days in the Open | Lathan A. Crandall
  • It is a bottom fish, feeding mostly on mollusks, which it crushes with the blunt teeth of the throat.

    Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander Henshall
  • It is a bottom fish, feeding on crustaceans and small mollusks, and is found wherever they abound on the outer shoals.

    Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander Henshall
  • It is a bottom fish, feeding in company with the large groupers on small fishes and crustaceans.

    Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander Henshall