Hogfish (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural (especially collectively) hog·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) hog·fish·es.
  1. a large wrasse, Lachnolaimus maximus, of the western Atlantic Ocean, used for food.
  2. any of various other fishes having a fancied resemblance to a hog, as the pigfish and logperch.
noun plural -fish or -fishes
  1. a wrasse, Lachnolaimus maximus, that occurs in the Atlantic off the SE coast of North America. The head of the male resembles a pig's snout
  2. another name for pigfish (def. 1)
Hogfish (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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