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GROUNDFISH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
Synonyms:
bottom fish; groundfish
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Hypernyms ("groundfish" is a kind of...):
food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)