bottom fish

/ˌbɑdəm fɪʃ/
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Other forms: bottom fishes

Definitions of bottom fish
  1. noun
    fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
    synonyms: groundfish
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    type of:
    food fish
    any fish used for food by human beings
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