ocean perch

Questions about ocean perch

What does ocean perch mean?

ocean perch means "North Atlantic rockfish". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for ocean perch?

Close synonyms include redfish, rosefish, rosefish, Sebastodes marinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ocean perch a common word?

ocean perch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.