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green·ling  (grnlng)

n.

Any of various marine food fishes of the family Hexagrammidae, which frequent rocky coastal areas of the northern Pacific.

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greenling [ˈgriːnlɪŋ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any scorpaenoid food fish of the family Hexagrammidae of the North Pacific Ocean

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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