Rosefish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (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}.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or
           orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and
           ducky brown.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rosefish
       n 1: North Atlantic rockfish [syn: {redfish}, {ocean perch}]
       2: large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe
          [syn: {ocean perch}, {Sebastodes marinus}]
       [also: {rosefishes} (pl)]