Usually means: Large, distinctive, tropical sport fish.
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  1. roosterfish: Merriam-Webster
  2. roosterfish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. roosterfish: Wiktionary
  4. roosterfish: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. roosterfish: Dictionary.com
  6. Roosterfish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. roosterfish: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (roosterfish)

noun:  A game fish of species Nematistius pectoralis, sole species of family Nematistiidae, found in the warmer waters of the East Pacific from Baja California to Peru, distinguished by its "rooster comb", seven very long spines of the dorsal fin.

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