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–noun, plural (especially collectively

) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species

) -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.

[Origin: 1590–1600; trans. of ML porcopiscis porpoise. See hog, fish

]

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hog·fish Audio Help (hôg'fĭsh', hŏg'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. hogfish or hog·fish·es

A colorful fish (Lachnolaimus maximus) of warm Atlantic waters, having a long snout in the adult male.
See pigfish.

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pig·fish Audio Help (pĭg'fĭsh') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. pigfish or pig·fish·es
A North American grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera) with a piglike mouth, found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and important as a food fish. Also called hogfish.

[From the grunting sound it makes.]

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hogfish
noun
1.	large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
2.	found from Long Island southward [syn: pigfish]

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Hogfish

Hog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnol[ae]mus). (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice. (c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch. (d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorp[ae]na scrofa).

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