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orange roughies

orange roughies is the plural of orange roughy.

Meaning of orange roughy

Noun

orange roughy (plural orange roughies)

  1. An edible deep-sea fish (Hoplostethus atlanticus), of the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae).
    • Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    roughy

Questions about orange roughies

What is orange roughies the plural of?
Orange roughies is the plural of orange roughy.

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