rosefish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun North Atlantic rockfish
    redfish; ocean perch.
  2. noun large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe
    ocean perch; Sebastodes marinus.

WordNet

Rose"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large marine scorpænoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt. ✍ When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.

Webster 1913