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Meaning of WRECKFISH

Pronunciation:  'rek`fish

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
 
 Synonyms: Polyprion americanus, stone bass
 
 See Also: genus Polyprion, Polyprion, sea bass

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wreck"fish`\, n. [So called because it often comes in
with wreckage.] (Zo["o]l.)
A stone bass.

 

 

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