hogfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
    Lachnolaimus maximus; hog snapper.
  2. noun found from Long Island southward
    Orthopristis chrysopterus; pigfish.

WordNet


Hog"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus). (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice. (c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch. (d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpæna scrofa).

Webster 1913