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red⋅fish

[red-fish]
–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

[sheep-hed]
–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.
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