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red·fish  (rdfsh)

n. pl. redfish or red·fish·es

Any of several fishes that are reddish in color, as the red drum and the rosefish.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	redfish - North Atlantic rockfish               ocean perch, rosefish 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 Mexico channel bass, red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus drumfish, 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