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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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