REDFISH

redfish

(noun) male salmon that has recently spawned

redfish, rosefish, ocean perch

(noun) North Atlantic rockfish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

redfish (plural redfish or redfishes)

Any of several fish with red skin or flesh.

Sebastes spp, the edible red rockfish.

especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch.

A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum.

Lutjanus spp, snappers.

Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai.

Etelis oculatus, queen snapper.

Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper.

A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae.

Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.

Source: Wiktionary


Red"fish` (rêd"fîsh`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback. (b). (b) The rosefish. (c) A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead. (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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