rockfish

noun rockfish · rockfishes · rock-fish

1. countable, uncountable A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
2. countable, uncountable Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
3. countable, uncountable Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
4. countable, uncountable Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
5. countable, uncountable Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
6. countable, uncountable Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
7. countable, uncountable Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
8. countable, uncountable A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
9. countable, uncountable A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
10. countable, uncountable Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
11. countable, uncountable Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
12. countable, uncountable Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
13. countable, uncountable A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
14. countable, uncountable A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
15. Internet, US, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur A black person who does not know how to swim. Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river.