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for Redfish
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also
nerka. See Blueback
(b) .
(b) The rosefish.
(c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus
pulcher); -- called also fathead.
(d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under
Drumfish.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
(Zool.)
The most important salmon of Alaska ({Oncorhinchus nerka),
ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon,
redfish, blueback, and sawqui.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
redfish
n 1: North Atlantic rockfish [syn: redfish, rosefish, ocean
perch]
2: large edible fish found off coast of United States from
Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: red drum, channel bass,
redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus]
3: male salmon that has recently spawned
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