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rockfish

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɹɒk.fɪʃ

Definitions

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

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”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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