REDFISH (redfishes)

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Irregular inflected form: redfishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does redfish mean? 

• REDFISH (noun)
  The noun REDFISH has 3 senses:

1. North Atlantic rockfish

2. large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico

3. male salmon that has recently spawned

  Familiarity information: REDFISH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North Atlantic rockfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

ocean perch; redfish; rosefish

Hypernyms ("redfish" is a kind of...):

rockfish (the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

channel bass; red drum; redfish; Sciaenops ocellatus

Hypernyms ("redfish" is a kind of...):

drum; drumfish (small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise)

Holonyms ("redfish" is a member of...):

genus Sciaenops; Sciaenops (a genus of Sciaenidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Male salmon that has recently spawned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("redfish" is a kind of...):

salmon (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)