English Explanatory Dictionary

roughy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

en-au-roughy.ogg

Word forms

roughy roughies roughie

Etymology

From rough + -y.

Synonyms

slimehead redfish
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