RED ROCKFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red rockfish mean? 

• RED ROCKFISH (noun)
  The noun RED ROCKFISH has 2 senses:

1. red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast

2. a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America

  Familiarity information: RED ROCKFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED ROCKFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("red rockfish" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("red rockfish" is a part of...):

red rockfish; Sebastodes ruberrimus (a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large fish of the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

red rockfish; Sebastodes ruberrimus

Hypernyms ("red rockfish" is a kind of...):

rockfish (marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America)

Meronyms (parts of "red rockfish"):

red rockfish (red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast)