greenfish
Americannoun
plural
greenfishes,plural
greenfishEtymology
Origin of greenfish
Example Sentences
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But these are very few: "greenfish," "maid," "wife," and "frogfish" perhaps, all of which, however, are well-known in England.
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Those which I know myself, I remember by the names of herring, rock, sturgeon, shad, oldwife, sheepshead, black and red drums, trout, taylor, greenfish, sunfish, bass, chub, plaice, flounder, whiting, fatback, maid, wife, small turtle, crab, oyster, mussel, cockle, shrimp, needlefish, bream, carp, pike, jack, mullet, eel, conger eel, perch, and catfish.
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Got about sixty greenfish and a few other sorts.
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They made several hauls and got good fish, viz: three drum, one of them large, trouts, greenfish, etc....
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The term "greenfish" is unknown among Virginia Tidewater fishermen.
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