Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An edible reddish wrasse (Lachnolaimus maximus) of the western Atlantic Ocean, having a long snout and long spines on the dorsal fin.
  • noun Any of various wrasses of the genus Bodianus.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A popular name of various fishes.
  • noun The common porpoise or sea-pig, Phocœna communis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus).
  • noun The pigfish or sailor's choice.
  • noun An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.
  • noun A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpæna scrofa).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An edible species of wrasse, found around southern Florida
  • noun The pigfish or sailor's choice.
  • noun An American freshwater fish, the log perch.
  • noun A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun found from Long Island southward
  • noun large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout

Etymologies

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hog +‎ fish

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Examples

  • Every hogfish and lamprey in American waters -- that's a near-fish that sucks the blood of other fish, you know -- should be exterminated just in the same way that the farmers of the country are making away with the Canada thistle.

    The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • The aggregate catch was 380,375 pounds, having a value of $13,003, the principal species being hogfish and squeteague.

    North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896

  • From birth, the lionfish eats ravenously, its diet made up of the juveniles of key species that help maintain and promote the equilibrium of the reef-snapper, hogfish, parrotfish, banded coral shrimp.

    Slate Magazine Nathan Thornburgh 2011

  • Cousin Calico's (TM) prize-winning hogfish have been fiendishly fishnapped by some rowdy hogfish rustlers!

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • "They taste a lot like hogfish," says Mr. Dugan of the Lion Hunters.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIK OLSEN 2010

  • While the fins are venomous, the rest of the lionfish is mighty good eating, almost like hogfish, Akins said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • While the fins are venomous, the rest of the lionfish is mighty good eating, almost like hogfish, Akins said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • Develop important logical thinking, problem solving, and memory skills as you take an active -- and interactive -- role in solving the mystery of Cousin Calico's rustled hogfish.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • "They're comparable to hogfish," said Blakeman, who recently pan-fried 15 lionfish on his boat.

    TCPalm Stories 2010

  • The researchers also documented the presence of whelks and hogfish, which feast on barnacles.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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