roughy

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Scrabble points: 13
Words With Friends: 13
Letters: 6

Definition of roughy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A fish in family Trachichthyidae

“Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.”

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noun

A fish in family Trachichthyidae

“Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.”
(Australia)A fish in family Trachichthyidae

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Etymology

From rough + -y.

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1 word

ROUGH 9 pts

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

7 words

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