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Meaning of BOARFISH

Pronunciation:  'bowr`fish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  fish with a projecting snout
  2. [n]  fish with large eyes and long snouts
 
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 Synonyms: Capros aper
 
 See Also: acanthopterygian, Antigonia, Capros, genus Antigonia, genus Capros, spiny-finned fish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Boar"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A Mediterranean fish ({Capros aper}), of the family
       {Caproid[ae]}; -- so called from the resemblance of
       the extended lips to a hog's snout.
   (b) An Australian percoid fish ({Histiopterus
       recurvirostris}), valued as a food fish.
 
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