rockfish
UK/ˈɹɒk.fɪʃ/US/ˈɹɑk.fɪʃ/
rockfish noun: a fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world.
Noun
rockfish (countable and uncountable, plural rockfish or rockfishes)
- A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
- Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
- Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
- Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
- Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
- Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
- Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
- A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
- A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
- Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
- Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
- Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
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- A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
- A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
- A black person who does not know how to swim.
- Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river.2010 August 20, Jesse, “Blacks & common sense”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet)
- Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade. Three nigger "teens" reportedly drowned when the stolen car they were driving careened into a pond2017 February 6, Rick Mathers, “Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)
rockfish meaning in Tamil
rockfish in Tamil
- விளை மீன்
Forms of rockfish
| plural | rockfish |
|---|---|
| plural | rockfishes |
| alternative form | rock-fish |
Origin of rockfish
From rock + fish.
Words formed from rockfish
Words that rhyme with rockfish
Questions about rockfish
- What does rockfish mean?
- Rockfish means a fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world.
- What is rockfish in Tamil?
- Rockfish in Tamil is விளை மீன். See Rockfish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rockfish?
- Rockfish is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rockfish?
- Rockfish is pronounced /ˈɹɒk.fɪʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rockfish?
- The plural of rockfish is rockfish.
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