red rockfish

red rockfish
noun
1. red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast
Hypernyms: ↑saltwater fish
Part Holonyms: ↑Sebastodes ruberrimus
2. a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America
Hypernyms: ↑rockfish

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noun
1. : a large rockfish (Sebastodes ruberrimus) of the Pacific coast of No. America that is crimson above fading to yellowish pink on the sides and is a highly esteemed food fish — called also red snapper
2. : a red color phase of a large common grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa or Trisotropis venenosa) of the tropical western Atlantic and the West Indies — called also rock grouper

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