Usually means: Fish living near the seafloor.
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  1. groundfish: Merriam-Webster
  2. groundfish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. groundfish: Collins English Dictionary
  4. groundfish: Vocabulary.com
  5. Groundfish, groundfish: Wordnik
  6. groundfish: Wiktionary
  7. groundfish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. groundfish: Dictionary.com
  9. Groundfish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. groundfish: Rhymezone
  11. groundfish: FreeDictionary.org
  12. groundfish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. groundfish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. groundfish: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

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Definitions from Wiktionary (groundfish)

▸ noun:  (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor
▸ verb:  (fishing) To fish for groundfish

Similar:
bottom fish, bottomfish, groundfisherman, coarse fish, shorefish, blindfish, sandfish, line fish, guardfish, seafish, more...

Opposite:
pelagic fish, surface fish, open water fish

Types:
haddock, whiting, hake, pollock, cusk, ling, tautog, redfish, more...

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Similar:
bottom fish, bottomfish, groundfisherman, coarse fish, shorefish, blindfish, sandfish, line fish, guardfish, seafish, more...

Opposite:
pelagic fish, surface fish, open water fish

Types:
haddock, whiting, hake, pollock, cusk, ling, tautog, redfish, more...



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