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noun

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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Also called ground fish.

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bottom-fish

[ bot-uhm-fish ]

/ ˈbɒt əmˌfɪʃ /

verb (used without object)

to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.

Also ground-fish.

Origin of bottom-fish

First recorded in 1840–50

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He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.
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When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.
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“The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.
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Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.
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Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
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But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
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He must be The saltest fish that swims the sea.And, oh!He has a secret woe!
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In these archipelagos the waters being shallow, the frost was quite intense enough to cool them to the bottom.
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"I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.
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In the presence of bromin the chloroform, which settles to the bottom, assumes a yellow color.
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