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Meaning of roughy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A fish in family Trachichthyidae
  2. The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
  3. Any of several marine fish of the related genus Trachichthys, which have rough and spiny scales.
    Australia

Examples

“Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include⟳ rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish⟳ and spiny dogfish.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Rouging Rouillard rouille roujiamo Rouketopolemos roukoop

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