n. Any of various foodfishes, of the family Hexagrammidae, of the northern Pacific
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. any spiny-finned food fish of the northern Pacific coasts, of the genus Hexagrammos.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The coalfish or pollock.
n. Any fish belonging to the family Hexagrammidæ, carnivorous fishes living in kelp and about rocks in the North Pacific.
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n. food fish of the northern Pacific
Word Usage
"Conan's dismay that the other had done so - it was the error of a greenling thief - was tempered by the fact that there were no shards of pottery and broken stone set in the wall to rip the flesh of the unwary."