roughy
English
Alternative forms
- roughie
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌfi
Noun
roughy (plural roughies)
- A fish in family Trachichthyidae
- The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
- (Australia) Any of several marine fish of the related genus Trachichthys, which have rough and spiny scales.
Synonyms
- (fish in Trachyichthyidae): slimehead, redfish
Translations
orange roughy — see orange roughy
fish of the genus Trachichthys