rockfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒk.fɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɹɑk.fɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɒkfɪʃ
Forms: form: rockfish
form: rockfishes
form: rock-fish
Etymology: From rock + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
glosses: Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
examples: text: Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river.
ref: 2010 August 20, Jesse, “Blacks & common sense”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):
text: Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade. Three nigger "teens" reportedly drowned when the stolen car they were driving careened into a pond
ref: 2017 February 6, Rick Mathers, “Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
text: Everyone knows niggers don't surf, they sink -- like the rockfish they are
ref: 2017 October 7, Byker, “TNB: All I'm seeing is 100% negro”, in can.politics (Usenet):
glosses: A black person who does not know how to swim.
Derived terms: gopher rockfish