HyperDic: bottom_fish

English > 1 sense of the expression *bottom fish*:
NOUN	animal	bottom fish, groundfish	fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)

English > *bottom fish*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder).
Synonym	groundfish
Broader	food fish	Any fish used for food by human beings