Definitions
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- noun Any of the long-living,
deep-sea fish forming the Trachichthyidae family.
Etymologies
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Examples
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According to Wikipedia, an orange roughy is a deep sea fish of the slimehead family.
Cheeseburger Gothic » The Spill. (In Canberra, not the Gulf). 2010
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What happened when the slimehead was renamed the orange roughy?
slimeheads, goosefish, rock crabs, whore’s eggs | clusterflock 2009
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One such discovery included the massive schools of slimehead fish found around sea mounts in the Pacific.
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Orange roughy is a euphemism for the fish that was originally called the slimehead.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Orange roughy was once just another slimehead until renamed.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Orange roughy was once just another slimehead until renamed.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The same happened for the slimehead when it became orange roughy.
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Orange roughy was once just another slimehead until renamed.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Orange roughy was once just another slimehead until renamed.
ajc.com - News 2010
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Orange roughy was once just another slimehead until renamed.
hernesheir commented on the word slimehead
It's a fish.
January 2, 2012