boarfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fish with large eyes and long snouts
  2. noun fish with a projecting snout
    Capros aper.

WordNet

Boar"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidæ; -- 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.

Webster 1913