BOTTOM FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottom fish mean? 

• BOTTOM FISH (noun)
  The noun BOTTOM FISH has 1 sense:

1. fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)

  Familiarity information: BOTTOM FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTTOM FISH (noun)

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Meaning:

Fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bottom fish; groundfish

Hypernyms ("bottom fish" is a kind of...):

food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)