bocaccio
/bəˈkɑtʃioʊ/
noun
- A large, reddish-brown rockfish found along the Pacific coast of North America, valued as a food fish.
- Marine biologists study bocaccio populations to monitor the health of the ocean ecosystem.
- The fisherman caught a large bocaccio off the coast of California.
- Bocaccio is often sold in markets as a type of rockfish or Pacific red snapper.