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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.