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pigfish en · NOUN

Etymology

From pig + fish.

Meanings

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

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