rockfish

[ rok-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) rock·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) rock·fish·es.

1. any of various fishes found among rocks.
2. striped bass ( def ).
3. any of the North Pacific and Atlantic marine fishes of the genus Sebastes.
4. scorpionfish ( def ).

rockfish

/ ˈrɒkˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. any of various fishes that live among rocks, esp scorpaenid fishes of the genus Sebastodes and related genera, such as S. caurinus ( copper rockfish ) of North American Pacific coastal waters
2. any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish Formerly calledrock salmon

Word History and Origins

Origin of rockfish¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; rock ¹ + fish

Example Sentences

A day spent name-checking monuments and museums followed by a perfect piece of rockfish and some dish with the table-hopping Fulchino always left my guests with a good feeling about Washington.

From Washington Post

For cutting a road from Rockfish gap to Scott's and Nicholas's landing, 400.

From Project Gutenberg

You make the south side of the mountain near Rockfish Gap, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-two feet above Woods.

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He ax' de po' buckrah whar he got de mule, en de po' buckrah say his brer raise' de mule down on Rockfish Creek.

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Great schools of herrings come in first; shads of a great bigness and the rockfish follow them.

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We had an elegant dinner; beef and greens, roast pig, fine boiled rockfish.

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