rockfish

[ rok-fish ]

/ ˈrɒkˌfɪʃ /

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

any of various fishes found about rocks.

striped bass.

any of the North Pacific and Atlantic marine fishes of the genus Sebastes.

scorpionfish.

Nearby words

rocketry, rocketsonde, rockeye, rockface, rockfall, rockfish, rockford, rockhampton, rockhopper, rockies, rockiness

Origin of rockfish

First recorded in 1590–1600; rock¹ + fish

Also called rock cod (for defs 1–3).

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Examples from the Web for rockfish

For cutting a road from Rockfish gap to Scott's and Nicholas's landing, 400.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
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 Woman|Charles W. Chesnutt
If I mought be so bold, ma'am, how far mought it be to a river they call the Rockfish?
Horse-Shoe Robinson|John Pendleton Kennedy
Sculpins, blennies, rockfish, and flounders abound of the rocky shores and are seen in all the markets.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan

Great schools of herrings come in first; shads of a great bigness and the rockfish follow them.
The Bounty of the Chesapeake|James Wharton

British Dictionary definitions for rockfish

rockfish

/ (ˈrɒkˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

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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