redfish

3 definitions found

redfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
     (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.
         [1913 Webster]

  Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
     (Zool.)
     The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka),
     ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to
     Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon,
     redfish, blueback, and sawqui.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

redfish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  redfish
      n 1: North Atlantic rockfish [syn: redfish, rosefish, ocean perch
           ]
      2: large edible fish found off coast of United States from
         Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: red drum, channel bass,
         redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus]
      3: male salmon that has recently spawned