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red⋅fish
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ˈrɛdˌfɪʃ
/
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–noun,
plural
(
especially collectively
)
-fish,
(
especially referring to two or more kinds or species
)
-fish⋅es.
1.
Also called
ocean perch
,
rosefish.
a North Atlantic rockfish,
Sebastes marinus,
used for food.
2.
red drum.
3.
sheephead.
Origin:
1400–50;
late ME
rede fische;
see
red
1
,
fish
sheep⋅head
/
ˈʃipˌhɛd
/
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sheep
-hed
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–noun,
plural
(
especially collectively
)
-head,
(
especially referring to two or more kinds or species
)
-heads.
a large California food fish,
Semicossyphus pulcher,
of the wrasse family.
Also called
fathead
,
redfish.
Origin:
1535–45;
so called from the resemblance of its teeth to those of a sheep
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red·fish
(rěd'fĭsh')
n.
pl.
redfish
or
red·fish·es
Any of several fishes that are reddish in color, as the red drum and the rosefish.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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