groundfish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]groundfish pl (plural only)
- (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
[edit]groundfish (third-person singular simple present groundfishes, present participle groundfishing, simple past and past participle groundfished)
- (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
[edit]groundfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia