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Definition of roughy in English: roughy(Australian, NZ roughie) nounPlural roughies ˈrʌfiˈrəfē Australian, NZ 1A marine fish with a deep laterally compressed body and large rough-edged scales which become spiny on the belly. Family Trachichthyidae: several genera and species, including the small Australian Trachichthys australis, which occurs on rocky reefs Example sentencesExamples - Orange roughy reach 150 years old and they don't reproduce until they're in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
- Florida Bay serves as a spawning ground for pretty much every fish in the central Atlantic - grouper, snapper, mahi-mahi, pompano, roughy.
- Orange roughie live 130 years and these things are completing their life cycle in a year.
- Orange roughy were found in concentrations in some locations, but underwater pinnacles and other obstructions made trawling very difficult.
- The smaller silver roughy, H. mediterraneus, has a similarly wide distribution but is of much less importance.
2 another term for ruff (sense 1)
Rhymes fluffy, huffy, puffy, roughie, scruffy, snuffy, stuffy, toughie Definition of roughy in US English: roughynounˈrəfē Australian, NZ 1A marine fish with a deep laterally compressed body and large rough-edged scales which become spiny on the belly. Family Trachichthyidae: several genera and species, including the small Australian Trachichthys australis, which occurs on rocky reefs, and the orange roughy Example sentencesExamples - The smaller silver roughy, H. mediterraneus, has a similarly wide distribution but is of much less importance.
- Florida Bay serves as a spawning ground for pretty much every fish in the central Atlantic - grouper, snapper, mahi-mahi, pompano, roughy.
- Orange roughie live 130 years and these things are completing their life cycle in a year.
- Orange roughy reach 150 years old and they don't reproduce until they're in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
- Orange roughy were found in concentrations in some locations, but underwater pinnacles and other obstructions made trawling very difficult.
2 another term for ruff (sense 1) |