groundfish

English

Etymology

ground +‎ fish

Noun

groundfish pl (plural only)

1. (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor
   • 2007 February 14, “Correction: Sea Sends Distress Call in One-Note Chowders”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Boats catching groundfish — fish near the ocean bottom including cod, haddock and halibut — catch thousands of pounds of fish at a time.

Verb

groundfish (third-person singular simple present groundfishes, present participle groundfishing, simple past and past participle groundfished)

1. (fishing) To fish for groundfish
   • 2004 January 1, Bob Bernstein, “Pumping out the heat”, in National Fisherman‎^[2]:

     Earl, who has lobstered, scalloped, groundfished and run tugs most of his life, is half joking.

See also

• groundfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia