weedfish

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noun

One of a variety of species of fish of the family Clinidae found in the waters off Australia and New Zealand.

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Meanings

nounweedfish (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOne of a variety of species of fish of the family Clinidae found in the waters off Australia and New Zealand.

    1957, N. J. Berrill and Jacquelyn Berrill, 1001 Questions Answered about the Seashore, New York: Dover, p. 278, In spite of fishermen’s opinions and complaints, cormorants feed principally on bottom fish of no commercial value, such as rockfish and weedfish.

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    They’d been crammed like weedfish aboard the boat for two days; the trip home would probably be longer.

    1989, Roland J. Green, The Mountain Walks, New York: Ace, Prologue, page 3

Origin

From weed + fish.

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