yelloweye rockfish

[ yel-oh-ahy ]

/ ˈyɛl oʊˌaɪ /

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noun

a red rockfish, Sebastes ruberrimus, of waters along the Pacific coast of North America, having eyes that are yellow and possessed of strong, sawlike bony ridges on the head.

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Origin of yelloweye rockfish

yellow + eye

Words nearby yelloweye rockfish

yellow daisy, yellow dog, yellow-dog contract, yellow enzyme, yellow-eye mullet, yelloweye rockfish, yellowface, yellow fever, yellow-fever mosquito, yellow fever vaccine, yellow fever virus

How to use yelloweye rockfish in a sentence

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
You make the south side of the mountain near Rockfish Gap, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-two feet above Woods.
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
Great schools of herrings come in first; shads of a great bigness and the rockfish follow them.
The Bounty of the Chesapeake|James Wharton

We had an elegant dinner; beef and greens, roast pig, fine boiled rockfish.
The Bounty of the Chesapeake|James Wharton