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Word: grayfish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then too there is a question of aesthetics: the American taste may be broadening, but many people still recoil from an unattractive name. So a vocabulary of euphemisms for Cinderella trash fish surfaces. Dogfish becomes grayfish or salmon shark. For opakapaka, try Hawaiian pink snapper. Blowfish are sold as sea robin or sea squab. The huge, shapeless monkfish fetches a , higher price under its French name, lotte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Just Name Your Poisson | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

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