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PIGFISH
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Irregular inflected form: pigfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Found from Long Island southward
Synonyms:
hogfish; Orthopristis chrysopterus; pigfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pigfish" is a kind of...):
grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)
Holonyms ("pigfish" is a member of...):
genus Orthopristis; Orthopristis (a genus of Haemulidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Found around the Great Barrier Reef
Synonyms:
Achoerodus gouldii; giant pigfish; pigfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pigfish" is a kind of...):
wrasse (chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored)
Holonyms ("pigfish" is a member of...):
Achoerodus; genus Achoerodus (a genus of Labridae)
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