Meaning of rockfish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
   countable, uncountable
2. A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
   countable, uncountable
3. Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
   countable, uncountable
4. Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
   countable, uncountable
5. Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
   countable, uncountable
6. Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
   countable, uncountable
7. Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
   countable, uncountable
8. Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
   countable, uncountable
9. A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
   countable, uncountable
10. A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
    countable, uncountable
11. Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
    countable, uncountable
12. Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
    countable, uncountable
13. Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
    countable, uncountable
14. A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
    countable, uncountable
15. A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
    countable, uncountable
16. A black person who does not know how to swim.
    Internet, US, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable

Examples

“Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river.”

“Three nigger teenaper sows join⟳ rockfish parade. Three nigger "teens" reportedly drowned when the stolen car they were driving careened into a pond”

“Everyone knows niggers don't surf, they sink⟳ -- like⟳ the rockfish they are”

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