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redfish

[ red-fish ]
/ ˈrɛdˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural (especially collectively) red·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) red·fish·es.

Also called ocean perch, rosefish. a North Atlantic rockfish, Sebastes marinus, used for food.
red drum.
sheephead.

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Origin of redfish

1400–50; late Middle English rede fische;see red1, fish

Words nearby redfish

Redfield, red-figure, redfin, red fir, red fire, redfish, red flag, red flash, red flour beetle, redfoot, Redford
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British Dictionary definitions for redfish

redfish
/ (ˈrɛdˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

a male salmon that has recently spawnedCompare blackfish (def. 2)
any of several red European scorpaenid fishes of the genus Sebastes, esp S. marinus, valued as a food fish
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