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HOGFISH (hogfishes)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hogfish mean? 

HOGFISH (noun)
  The noun HOGFISH has 2 senses:

1. large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snoutplay

2. found from Long Island southwardplay

  Familiarity information: HOGFISH used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOGFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hog snapper; hogfish; Lachnolaimus maximus

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

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


Sense 2

Meaning:

Found from Long Island southward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hogfish; Orthopristis chrysopterus; pigfish

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)


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