redfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun North Atlantic rockfish
    ocean perch; rosefish.
  2. noun large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
    red drum; channel bass; Sciaenops ocellatus.
  3. noun male salmon that has recently spawned

WordNet

Red"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback. (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.

Webster 1913