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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 the slimehead 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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