ground fish

¹ American  

noun

1. bottom fish.

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ground-fish ² American  

[ground-fish] / ˈgraʊndˌfɪʃ /

verb (used without object)

1. bottom-fish.

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Etymology

Origin of ground fish

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Most of the predatory ground fish that are more abundant to the south, like Pacific cod, don’t tolerate those temperatures.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2022

As permafrost at the bottom of Siberian lakes cracks, water drains into the ground; fish die.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2017

For generations, the fish sliding down this ramp would have been cod, a ground fish that has been caught in these parts since the Pilgrims landed on Cape Cod, and before.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2014

There were elegant Atlantic salmon, prehistoric-looking sturgeon and, most numerous of all, lowly river herring, a nutrient-rich forage fish prized by ground fish, bears and birds.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2013

A stronger kind, and used for the larger ground fish, is a cage of open basket work, provided like the former with a bait and two entrances.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.