roughy
Americannoun
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a small marine fish, Arripis georgianus, of New Zealand and Australia.
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any of several marine fishes having large, rough-edged scales, especially Trachichthys australis of Australia.
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Coming in second place was the orange roughy, a deep-sea fish in the slimehead family - known for the mucous canals on their heads.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025
Mr. Obama spoke for roughy 40 minutes during a funeral held last Thursday for Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who first gained prominence during the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2020
So it was that the indigestible duo of slimehead and toothfish became the highly palatable orange roughy and Chilean sea bass.
From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2018
The City Paper reports that police showed up roughy halfway through the Friday screening in an attempt to shut it down.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2017
The Padres sale is said to involve roughy a $600-million pricetag for the team itself, plus an additional $200 million for an ownership stake in the team's new $1.2-billion TV deal with FOX.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2012
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