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ground fish

ground fish is the alternative form of groundfish.

Meaning of groundfish

Noun

groundfish (countable and uncountable, plural groundfish or groundfishes)

  1. Any of many fish that swim near the seafloor: a demersal fish.
    • Boats catching groundfish — fish near the ocean bottom including cod, haddock and halibut — catch thousands of pounds of fish at a time.2007 February 14, “Correction: Sea Sends Distress Call in One-Note Chowders”, in New York Times

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Forms of ground fish

pluralground fishes

Questions about ground fish

What is ground fish the alternative form of?
Ground fish is the alternative form of groundfish.

Words near ground fish in the dictionary

  1. ground elders
  2. ground failure
  3. ground failures
  4. ground finch
  5. ground finches
  6. ground fish
  7. ground floor
  8. ground floors
  9. ground fog
  10. ground fogs
  11. ground food

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