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rough fish

rough fish noun: any fish not considered valuable as sport fish nor used as bait or for food.

Noun

rough fish (usually uncountable, plural rough fish or rough fishes)

  1. (usually) Any fish not considered valuable as sport fish nor used as bait or for food.
    Synonyms:
    garbage fish, junk fish, trash fish

Synonyms of rough fish

Forms of rough fish

pluralrough fish
pluralrough fishes

Questions about rough fish

What does rough fish mean?
Rough fish means any fish not considered valuable as sport fish nor used as bait or for food.
What part of speech is rough fish?
Rough fish is a noun.
What is the plural of rough fish?
The plural of rough fish is rough fish.

Words near rough fish in the dictionary

  1. rough draws
  2. rough drew
  3. rough edges
  4. rough end of the pineapple
  5. rough endoplasmic reticulum
  6. rough fish
  7. rough fishes
  8. rough green snake
  9. rough hawksbeard
  10. rough horsetail
  11. rough horsetails

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