green·ling (gr n l ng)n. Any of various marine food fishes of the family Hexagrammidae, which frequent rocky coastal areas of the northern Pacific. |
greenling [ˈgriːnlɪŋ]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any scorpaenoid food fish of the family Hexagrammidae of the North Pacific Ocean
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| Noun | 1. |  greenling - food fish of the northern Pacific scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates family Hexagrammidae, Hexagrammidae - greenlings Hexagrammos decagrammus, kelp greenling - common food and sport fish of western coast of North America convict fish, convictfish, Oxylebius pictus, painted greenling - greenling with whitish body marked with black bands |
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