different between rockfish vs rockish

English

Etymology

From rock +? fish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k.f??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???k.f??/
• (General Australian)

Noun

rockfish (countable and uncountable, plural rockfish or rockfishes)

1. (usually uncountable) Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
   1. The family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
      1. Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
   2. Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
   3. Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
   4. Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
   5. Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
   6. Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
   7. The stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
   8. The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
   9. Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
   10. Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as the Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
   11. Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
   12. The logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as the common logperch or log perch
   13. The long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
2. (derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.

Alternative forms

• rock-fish

Translations

References

• rockfish at OneLook Dictionary Search
• rockfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• frockish

English

Etymology 1

From rock (“stone”) +? -ish.

Adjective

rockish (comparative more rockish, superlative most rockish)

1. Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous
   • 1837, William Greenhill, James Sherman, An Exposition of the Prophet Ezekiel:

     God did strike them with Egyptian and Babylonish rods, but there were no tears, no relentings, no returnings, but grew harder and harder, even to a rockish hardiness.

Synonyms

• rocky

Etymology 2

From rock (“rock music”) +? -ish.

Adjective

rockish (comparative more rockish, superlative most rockish)

1. (music) That has the characteristics of rock music.

Synonyms

• rocklike
• rockesque

Related terms

• poppish

Anagrams

• chikors, chokris