rosefish
[ rohz-fish ]
noun,plural (especially collectively) rose·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) rose·fish·es.
Origin of rosefish
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How to use rosefish in a sentence
In some viviparous fishes, as in the rockfishes (Sebastodes) and rosefishes (Sebastes), the young are very minute at birth.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) | David Starr Jordan
British Dictionary definitions for rosefish
rosefish
/ (ˈrəʊzˌfɪʃ) /
nounplural -fish or -fishes
a red scorpaenid food fish, Sebastes marinus, of North Atlantic coastal waters
any of various other red fishes
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