orange roughy


orange roughy

n. A long-lived marine fish (Hoplostethus atlanticus) of deep cold waters, especially off the coasts of New Zealand and Australia, having a bright reddish body and fished commercially for food.
[orange (in reference to its color ) + roughy (probably from rough, in reference to the texture of its scales, perhaps also influenced by Australian English ruffy, roughy, ruff (the fish Arripis georgianus)).]

orange roughy

(ˈrʌfɪ) n, pl roughies (Animals) a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters