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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century any of various reddish fishes: as a. (1) a marine scorpaenid food fish (Sebastes marinus) of the northern Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America that is usually bright rose red or orange red when mature — called also rosefish (2) a fish (Sebastes mentella) related to the redfish b. red drum

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a male salmon in the spawning season. 2 a rose-fish.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nerka Ner"ka, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zo["o]l.) 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's 1913 Dictionary

Redfish Red"fish` (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zo["o]l.) (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.