wreckfish

wreckfish

(ˈrɛkˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

(Animals) another name for stone bass

[so called because it is often found near wrecked ships]

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Noun

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wreckfish - brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks Polyprion americanus, stone bass sea bass - any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin genus Polyprion, Polyprion - wreckfish

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