Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long-lived marine fish (Hoplostethus atlanticus) of deep cold waters, especially off the coasts of New Zealand and Australia, having a bright reddish body and fished commercially for food.
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- noun An edible
deep-sea fish , Hoplostethus atlanticus, belonging to theslimehead family (Trachichthyidae).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[orange (in reference to its color ) + roughy (probably from rough, in reference to the texture of its scales, perhaps also influenced by Australian English ruffy, roughy, ruff (the fish Arripis georgianus)).]
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"The orange roughy, red roughy, or deep sea perch, Hoplostethus atlanticus, is a relatively large deep-sea fish belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae)."
"The orange roughy is not a vertically slender fish. They turn orange after death, but are red while living."
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January 22, 2012