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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

groundfish

/(ground"fĭsh)/ · ground·fish · IPA
01 n. sing. & pl. Fish that live on the sea bottom, especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder.
  1. 1.
    Fish that live on the sea bottom, especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder.
Syn. bottom fish.