roughy

English

Alternative forms

• roughie

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌfi

Noun

roughy (plural roughies)

1. 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