roughy

[ruhf-ee]

noun

plural

roughy ,

plural

roughies .

1. a small marine fish, Arripis georgianus, of New Zealand and Australia.

2. any of several marine fishes having large, rough-edged scales, especially Trachichthys australis of Australia.

Example Sentences

The orange roughy had appeared on track for the win, until a couple of local radio station hosts started a passionate campaign for the blobfish.

From BBC

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

He taught me how to cook escargot, orange roughy with almonds with lemon butter sauce with white wine.

From Seattle Times

We had orange roughy, that was a fish that takes 25 years to become like this.

From Salon

Now toothfish, slimehead, yelloweye and witch are swallowed whole As “sea bass,” “roughy,” “snapper” and of course the “Torbay sole.”

From Washington Post