redfish

noun
High School
1

Any of genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.

2

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

3

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

4

Lutjanus spp., snappers.

5

Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai.

6

Etelis oculatus, queen snapper.

7

Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper.

8

A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae.

9

Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

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Alliteration

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Consonance

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