roughy

English

Alternative forms

roughie

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ʌfi

Noun

roughy (plural roughies)

A fish in family Trachichthyidae
1. The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
2. (Australia) Any of several marine fish of the related genus Trachichthys, which have rough and spiny scales.

Synonyms

(fish in Trachyichthyidae): slimehead, redfish

Translations

orange roughy — see orange roughy

fish of the genus Trachichthys

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