英和和英

語源

From ground +‎ fish.

発音

名詞

groundfish (countable and uncountable, plural groundfish or groundfishes)

1. (fishing) Any of many fish that swim near the seafloor: a demersal fish.
   • 2007 February 14, “Correction: Sea Sends Distress Call in One-Note Chowders”, in New York Times‎:

     Boats catching groundfish — fish near the ocean bottom including cod, haddock and halibut — catch thousands of pounds of fish at a time.

動詞

groundfish (third-person singular simple present groundfishes, present participle groundfishing, simple past and past participle groundfished)

1. (fishing) To fish for groundfish.
   • 2004 January 1, Bob Bernstein, “Pumping out the heat”, in National Fisherman‎:

     Earl, who has lobstered, scalloped, groundfished and run tugs most of his life, is half joking.

Further reading

• demersal fish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia