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Webster 1913 Edition


Rosefish

Rose′fishˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (
Sebastes marinus
) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also
red perch
,
hemdurgan
,
Norway haddok
, and also, erroneously,
snapper
,
bream
, and
bergylt
.
☞ When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.

Definition 2024


rosefish

rosefish

See also: rose fish

English

Noun

rosefish (plural rosefishes or rosefish)

  1. A large marine food fish, Sebastes norvegicus, found on the northern coasts of Europe and America, and usually of a bright red colour when full grown.

Synonyms

  • hemdurgan
  • red perch