pigfish Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun found around the Great Barrier Reef
giant pigfish; Achoerodus gouldii.
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noun found from Long Island southward
Orthopristis chrysopterus; hogfish.
WordNet
Pig"fish` noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) (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.