Any of several flatfish with rough skin, especially a species of dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides).
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rough·back (rŭf'băk') ![]() |
Any of several flatfish with rough skin, especially a species of dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides).
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| Architecture: roughback |
1. A side cut of stone (a slab) having one side sawn and the other rough; cut from a block fed through a gang saw.
2. In masonry, a concealed end of a stone laid as a bondstone.
| Roughback sea catfish | |
| Ogcocephalidae |
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