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pigfish
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Etymology
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From
pig
+
fish
.
Noun
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pigfish
(
plural
pigfishes
or
pigfish
)
Any one of several species of salt-water
grunts
, called also
hogfish
.
A
golden-spot hogfish
(
Bodianus perditio
)
A
redmouth grunt
(
Orthopristis chrysoptera
)
A
red pigfish
(
Bodianus unimaculatus
)
Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including
A
sculpin
, family
Cottidae
Fishes in the family
Congiopodidae
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