groundfish

groundfish
groundfish ground"fish (ground"f[i^]sh), n. sing. & pl. Fish that live on the sea bottom, especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder.

Syn: bottom fish. [WordNet 1.5]


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