Meanings
plural orange roughies
- An edible deep-sea fish (Hoplostethus atlanticus), of the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae).
Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: roughy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn edible deep-sea fish (Hoplostethus atlanticus), of the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae).
Translations
Finnish keltaroussi
- keltaroussiHoplostethus atlanticus
German atlantischer Sägebauch
- atlantischer SägebauchHoplostethus atlanticus
Swedish atlantisk soldatfisk
- atlantisk soldatfiskHoplostethus atlanticus
Cite this entry
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