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Meaning of PIGFISH

Pronunciation:  'pig`fish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  found from Long Island southward
  2. [n]  found around the Great Barrier Reef
 
 Synonyms: Achoerodus gouldii, giant pigfish, hogfish, Orthopristis chrysopterus
 
 See Also: Achoerodus, genus Achoerodus, genus Orthopristis, grunt, Orthopristis, wrasse

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pig"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; --
    called also {hogfish}.
(b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several
    other fishes.
 

 

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