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rock⋅fish

  [rok-fish]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. any of various fishes found about rocks.
2. striped bass.
3. any of the North Pacific and Atlantic marine fishes of the genus Sebastes.
4. scorpionfish.
Also called rock cod (for defs. 1–3).

Origin:
1590–1600; rock 1 + fish

scor⋅pi⋅on⋅fish

  [skawr-pee-uhn-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, esp. members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
Also called sea scorpion, rockfish.

Origin:
1655–65; scorpion + fish
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rock·fish   (rŏk'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. rockfish or rock·fish·es

  1. Any of various fishes living among rocks.

  2. Any of various fishes, chiefly of the genus Sebastes, of Pacific waters.

  3. See striped bass.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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