redfish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

redfish
    n 1: North Atlantic rockfish [syn: {redfish}, {rosefish}, {ocean
         perch}]
    2: large edible fish found off coast of United States from
       Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: {red drum}, {channel bass},
       {redfish}, {Sciaenops ocellatus}]
    3: male salmon that has recently spawned

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
   (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also
       {nerka}. See {Blueback}
   (b) .
   (b) The rosefish.
   (c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus
       pulcher}); -- called also {fathead}.
   (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under
       {Drumfish}.
       [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
   (Zool.)
   The most important salmon of Alaska ({Oncorhinchus nerka}),
   ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to
   Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also {red salmon},
   {redfish}, {blueback}, and {sawqui}.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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