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• rock-fish

語源

From rock +‎ fish.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒk.fɪʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑk.fɪʃ/
• (General Australian)

名詞

rockfish (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 rockfish または rockfishes)

1. (usually uncountable) Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
   1. The family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
      1. Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
   2. Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
   3. Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
   4. Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
   5. Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
   6. Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
   7. The stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
   8. The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
   9. Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
   10. Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as the Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
   11. Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
   12. The logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as the common logperch or log perch
   13. The long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
2. (derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
   • 2010 August 20, Jesse, “Blacks & common sense”, in uk.current-events.terrorism, Usenet‎^[1]:

     Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river.

   • 2017 February 6, Rick Mathers, “Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade”, in alt.atheism, Usenet‎^[2]:

     Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade. Three nigger "teens" reportedly drowned when the stolen car they were driving careened into a pond ...

   • 2017 October 7, Byker, “TNB: All I'm seeing is 100% negro”, in can.politics, Usenet‎^[3]:

     Everyone knows niggers don't surf, they sink -- like the rockfish they are

動詞

rockfish (三人称単数 現在形 rockfishes, 現在分詞 rockfishing, 過去形および過去分詞形 rockfished)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) Of a black person, to drown in a body of water, as a result of not knowing how to swim.