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rockfish vs red rockfish

red rockfish vs rockfish

rockfish and red rockfish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rockfish Yes No No No
red rockfish Yes No No No
As nouns, red rockfish is a hyponym of rockfish; that is, red rockfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rockfish:
  • rockfish: marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
  • red rockfish: a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America
rockfish (noun) red rockfish (noun)
marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America
marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast
the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
Difference between rockfish and red rockfish

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