bottom fish

Definition of Bottom Fish in English :

1. bottom fish, groundfish

fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bottom Fish

any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish

verb intransitive

1.

to fish for bottom fish

2. Informal

to make investments from among those stocks, bonds, etc. currently out of favor and selling at low prices

n.

A fish, such as a catfish, carp, or flounder, that lives on or near the bottom of a body of water.