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ROSEFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: rosefishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe

Synonyms:

ocean perch; rosefish; Sebastodes marinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("rosefish" is a kind of...):

rockfish (marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North Atlantic rockfish

Synonyms:

ocean perch; redfish; rosefish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("rosefish" is a kind of...):

rockfish (the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks)

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