roughy
/ˈrʌfi
/(also roughie)
noun (plural roughies) 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.
- Orange roughy were found in concentrations in some locations, but underwater pinnacles and other obstructions made trawling very difficult.
- Orange roughy reach 150 years old and they don't reproduce until they're in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
2 another term for ruff2 (sense 1).
Rhymes
- digestive gland
- digestively
- digestivo
- digger
- digger hat
- digger's hat
- digger wasp
- diggings
- digging stick
- dight
- digibox
- digicam
- dig in one's heels (or toes or feet)
- digipak
- digit
- digital
- digital art
- digital audio
- digital audio broadcasting
- digital audiotape
- digital calculator
- digital camera
- digital cash
- digital compact cassette
- digital compression