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greenfish

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[green-fish] / ˈgrinˌfɪʃ /

noun

  • greenfishes,
    plural
  • greenfish
    plural
  1. opaleye.


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Etymology

Origin of greenfish

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

Example Sentences

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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 James Wharton

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 James Wharton

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 James Wharton

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

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

Got about sixty greenfish and a few other sorts.

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

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