roughy


rough·y

R0320275 (rŭf′ē)n. pl. roughy or rough·ies 1. Any of various deep-water fishes of the family Trachichthyidae, having mucus-filled cavities in the head and rough scales, and including the orange roughy. Also called slimehead.2. See ruff3.
[Sense 1, probably from rough.]