HyperDic: groundfish

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

English > *groundfish*: 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	bottom fish
Broader	food fish	Any fish used for food by human beings