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		Definition of roughy in English: roughy(Australian, NZ roughie) nounPlural roughies ˈrʌfiˈrəfē Australian, NZ 1A marine fish with a deep laterally compressed body and large rough-edged scales which become spiny on the belly. 似鳟连鳍鲑澳鲈 Family Trachichthyidae: several genera and species, including the small Australian Trachichthys australis, which occurs on rocky reefs Example sentencesExamples -  Orange roughy reach 150 years old and they don't reproduce until they're in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
 -  Florida Bay serves as a spawning ground for pretty much every fish in the central Atlantic - grouper, snapper, mahi-mahi, pompano, roughy.
 -  Orange roughie live 130 years and these things are completing their life cycle in a year.
 -  Orange roughy were found in concentrations in some locations, but underwater pinnacles and other obstructions made trawling very difficult.
 -  The smaller silver roughy, H. mediterraneus, has a similarly wide distribution but is of much less importance.
 
 2 another term for ruff (sense 1) 
 Rhymesfluffy, huffy, puffy, roughie, scruffy, snuffy, stuffy, toughie    Definition of roughy in US English: roughynounˈrəfē Australian, NZ 1A marine fish with a deep laterally compressed body and large rough-edged scales which become spiny on the belly. 似鳟连鳍鲑澳鲈 Family Trachichthyidae: several genera and species, including the small Australian Trachichthys australis, which occurs on rocky reefs, and the orange roughy Example sentencesExamples -  The smaller silver roughy, H. mediterraneus, has a similarly wide distribution but is of much less importance.
 -  Florida Bay serves as a spawning ground for pretty much every fish in the central Atlantic - grouper, snapper, mahi-mahi, pompano, roughy.
 -  Orange roughie live 130 years and these things are completing their life cycle in a year.
 -  Orange roughy reach 150 years old and they don't reproduce until they're in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
 -  Orange roughy were found in concentrations in some locations, but underwater pinnacles and other obstructions made trawling very difficult.
 
 2 another term for ruff (sense 1)     |