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boar⋅fish

[bawr-fish, bohr-]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
any of several fishes having a projecting snout, esp. a small, spiny-rayed fish, Capros aper, of European waters.

Origin:
1830–40; boar + fish
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boar·fish   (bôr'fĭsh, bōr'-)   
n.   pl. boarfish or boar·fish·es
Any of several marine fishes of the genus Antigonia, having a deep, flattened body, a projecting snout, and bright red coloring.
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