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roughy
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rough·y  (rf)
n. pl. roughy or rough·ies
1. A perchlike food fish (Arripis georgianus) of Australia and New Zealand.
2. A small fish (Trachichthys australis) with rough scales, found in shallow waters along the southeast coast of Australia.
[Probably from rough.]
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It is also applied to the slimeheads or roughies (family Trachichthyidae), and the alfonsinos (Berycidae).
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