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HOGFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: hogfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Found from Long Island southward

Synonyms:

hogfish; Orthopristis chrysopterus; pigfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hogfish" is a kind of...):

grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)

Holonyms ("hogfish" is a member of...):

genus Orthopristis; Orthopristis (a genus of Haemulidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout

Synonyms:

hog snapper; hogfish; Lachnolaimus maximus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hogfish" is a kind of...):

wrasse (chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored)

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