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red rock cod

noun

Definition of red rock cod

1 : any of numerous pinkish or red rockfishes (genus Sebastodes) of considerable importance as market fishes along the Pacific coast of North America

— called also red cod

2 : a fish (Scorpaena cruenta) of southern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand related to the American red rock cods

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