rockfish
[rok-fish]
- any of various fishes found about rocks.
- striped bass.
- any of the North Pacific and Atlantic marine fishes of the genus Sebastes.
- scorpionfish.
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Origin of rockfish
Also called rock cod (for defs 1–3).
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Historical Examples
If I mought be so bold, ma'am, how far mought it be to a river they call the Rockfish?
Horse-Shoe RobinsonJohn Pendleton Kennedy
He ax' de po' buckrah whar he got de mule, en de po' buckrah say his brer raise' de mule down on Rockfish Creek.
The Conjure WomanCharles W. Chesnutt
For cutting a road from Rockfish gap to Scott's and Nicholas's landing, 400.
You make the south side of the mountain near Rockfish Gap, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-two feet above Woods.
She had b'long' ter a gemman over on Rockfish, w'at died, en whose 'state ha' ter be sol' fer ter pay his debts.
rockfish
- any of various fishes that live among rocks, esp scorpaenid fishes of the genus Sebastodes and related genera, such as S. caurinus (copper rockfish) of North American Pacific coastal waters
- British any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffishFormerly called: rock salmon
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