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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large marine scorp[ae]noid food fish ({Sebastes marinus})
found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called
also {red perch}, {hemdurgan}, {Norway haddok}, and also
erroneously, {snapper}, {bream}, and {bergylt}.
Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or
orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and
ducky brown.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rosefish
n 1: North Atlantic rockfish [syn: {redfish}, {ocean perch}]
2: large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe
[syn: {ocean perch}, {Sebastodes marinus}]
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