bocaccio
noun
bo·cac·cio bə-ˈkä-chē-ˌō 
-chō
: a large rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis) of the Pacific coast locally important as a market fish
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web With the latest two darkblotched and bocaccio, seven of these fish populations are now considered to be rebuilt. 
Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2017 Both bocaccio and darkblotched give live birth to their young, rather than lay eggs. Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2017
Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2017 Both bocaccio and darkblotched give live birth to their young, rather than lay eggs. Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2017 Word History
Etymology
perhaps modification of Spanish bocacha, augmentative of boca mouth
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
- down card
- down cycles
- down east
- down for the count
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- down in the trenches
- down lock
- down milling
- down on
- ground rattler
- ground rattlesnake
- ground rent
- ground robin
- ground roller
- ground rope
- ground rose
- ground rule
- ground rules
- ground school
- ground sea
- ground seal
- ground shark
- ground skidder
- ground sloth