sablefish en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English sable Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English sablefish From sable + fish.
Meanings
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A dark-coloured marine fish of species Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters.
Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sablefishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sablefish | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
butterfish · beshow · skil · coalfish · black cod
Translations (12)
pt peixe-carvão-do-pacífico (Anoplopoma fimbria) · vi cá than (Anoplopoma fimbria) · ja 銀鱈 (Anoplopoma fimbria) · de Kohlenfisch (Anoplopoma fimbria) · fr charbonnier (Anoplopoma fimbria) · th ปลาหิมะ (Anoplopoma fimbria) · ru у́гольная ры́ба (Anoplopoma fimbria) · cmn 銀鱈 /银鳕 (Anoplopoma fimbria) · it carbonaro (Anoplopoma fimbria) · ko 은대구 (Anoplopoma fimbria) · pl dorszyk czarny (Anoplopoma fimbria) · fr morue charbonnier (Anoplopoma fimbria)