Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pigfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
{Sailor's choice}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, or Lagodon,
rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called
also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and
{salt-water bream}.
(b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, or Pomadasys,
chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the
southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
{hogfish}, and {pigfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pigfish \Pig"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; --
called also {hogfish}.
(b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several
other fishes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pigfish
n 1: found around the Great Barrier Reef [syn: {giant pigfish}, {Achoerodus
gouldii}]
2: found from Long Island southward [syn: {hogfish}, {Orthopristis
chrysopterus}]
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