roughy

[ ruhf-ee ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) rough·y, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) roughies.

1. a small marine fish, Arripis georgianus, of New Zealand and Australia.
2. any of several marine fishes having large, rough-edged scales, especially Trachichthys australis of Australia.

Example Sentences

He taught me how to cook escargot, orange roughy with almonds with lemon butter sauce with white wine.

From Seattle Times

We had orange roughy, that was a fish that takes 25 years to become like this.

From Salon

Now toothfish, slimehead, yelloweye and witch are swallowed whole As “sea bass,” “roughy,” “snapper” and of course the “Torbay sole.”

From Washington Post

A familiar example is “slimehead,” which became a hit with consumers after its market moniker was switched to “orange roughy.”

From Seattle Times

Roughy 7% said they have no opinion.

From Washington Times