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HOGFISH
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Irregular inflected form: hogfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Found from Long Island southward
Synonyms:
hogfish; Orthopristis chrysopterus; pigfish
Classified under:
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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