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PORKFISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
Synonyms:
Anisotremus virginicus; pork-fish; porkfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("porkfish" is a kind of...):
grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)
Holonyms ("porkfish" is a member of...):
Anisotremus; genus Anisotremus (a genus of Haemulidae)