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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