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View synonyms for bottom fish

bottom fish

1

noun

  1. any of certain fishes that live at or near the bottom of a body of water, as certain of the cod and related species, the flatfishes, and catfishes.


bottom-fish

2

[ bot-uhm-fish ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bottom fish1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

It was evidently a bottom fish of some kind, and resembled a "hammer-head," but with some marked differences.

It is a bottom fish, feeding mostly on mollusks, which it crushes with the blunt teeth of the throat.

It is a bottom fish, feeding on crustaceans and small mollusks, and is found wherever they abound on the outer shoals.

It is a bottom fish, feeding in company with the large groupers on small fishes and crustaceans.

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