Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rockfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
{Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
running out of the log line.
{Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
{Log}, n., 2.
{Log perch} (Zo["o]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and
{rockfish}.
{Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
{Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above).
{Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
cruise or voyage.
{Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
officer of the government.
{To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
speed by the log.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several California scorp[ae]noid food fishes
of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.
ruber}). They are among the most important of California
market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.
(b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.
(c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda
groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.
(d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Garrupa \Gar*ru"pa\, n. [Prob. fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
{Grouper} the fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of California market fishes, of the
genus {Sebastichthys}; -- called also {rockfish}. See
{Rockfish}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rockfish
n 1: the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught
among rocks
2: marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts
of Europe and America
3: marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes;
migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus
Morone [syn: {striped bass}, {striper}, {Roccus saxatilis}]
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