ground fish

¹ American  

noun

1. bottom fish.

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ground-fish ² American  

[ground-fish] / ˈgraʊndˌfɪʃ /

verb (used without object)

1. bottom-fish.

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Etymology

Origin of ground fish

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

So one hypothesis is that warming waters allowed predatory ground fish into the snow crab range, and that there was a massive predation event.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2022

As permafrost at the bottom of Siberian lakes cracks, water drains into the ground; fish die.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2017

For generations, the fish sliding down this ramp would have been cod, a ground fish that has been caught in these parts since the Pilgrims landed on Cape Cod, and before.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2014

Frank Mirarchi, a fisherman from Scituate, Mass., who primarily pursues ground fish, said that the proposed limits would deprive him of his living and that the cuts would ripple up and down the coast.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2013

A stronger kind, and used for the larger ground fish, is a cage of open basket work, provided like the former with a bait and two entrances.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.