English Explanatory Dictionary

pigfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish.
  2. A golden-spot hogfish (Bodianus perditio)
  3. A redmouth grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera)
  4. A red pigfish (Bodianus unimaculatus)
  5. Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including
  6. A sculpin, family Cottidae
  7. Fishes in the family Congiopodidae

Word forms

pigfish pigfishes

Etymology

From pig + fish.

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