rosefish

[rohz-fish]

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

redfish(def 1).

blackbelly rosefish.

Origin of rosefish

An Americanism dating back to 1715–25; rose¹ + fish

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British Dictionary definitions for rosefish

rosefish

noun plural -fish or -fishes

a red scorpaenid food fish, Sebastes marinus, of North Atlantic coastal waters

any of various other red fishes

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