red·fish (r d f sh )n. pl. redfish or red·fish·es Any of several fishes that are reddish in color, as the red drum and the rosefish. |
redfish [ˈrɛdˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a male salmon that has recently spawned Compare blackfish [2]
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several red European scorpaenid fishes of the genus Sebastes, esp S. marinus, valued as a food fish
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| Noun | 1. |  redfish - North Atlantic rockfish rockfish - the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks |
| 2. |  redfish - large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexicodrumfish, drum - small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise genus Sciaenops, Sciaenops - a genus of Sciaenidae | |
| 3. | redfish - male salmon that has recently spawned salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn |
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