groundfish

(-fis̸h′)

noun pl. groundfish

a fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, specif. one that is edible and lives in the sea, as a cod or haddock

See groundfish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. groundfish groundfish or ground·fish·es
A bottom-dwelling fish, especially a commercially valuable marine species such as flounder or cod.

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