hogfish

(hôgfis̸h′)

noun pl. hogfish, hogfishes

  1. any of several fishes whose head supposedly resembles that of a hog, as a pigfish
  2. a bright-red, edible wrasse (Lachnolaimus maximus) found off the SE coast of the U.S.

Origin: orig. ? transl. of OFr porpeis: see porpoise

See hogfish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. hogfish hogfish or hog·fish·es
  1. A colorful fish (Lachnolaimus maximus) of warm Atlantic waters, having a long snout in the adult male.
  2. See pigfish.

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