greenfish

American  

[green-fish] / ˈgrinˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

greenfishes,

plural

greenfish

1. opaleye.

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Etymology

Origin of greenfish

1425–75; late Middle English. See green, fish

Example Sentences

The term "greenfish" is unknown among Virginia Tidewater fishermen.

From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James

They made several hauls and got good fish, viz: three drum, one of them large, trouts, greenfish, etc....

From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James

I'd noted that in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean there exist a number of absolutely identical species of fish: eels, butterfish, greenfish, bass, jewelfish, flying fish.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

There "greenfish" is applied to the bluefish, of which there were and are at times plenty in the Rappahannock river.

From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James

But these are very few: "greenfish," "maid," "wife," and "frogfish" perhaps, all of which, however, are well-known in England.

From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James