pigfish

4 definitions found

pigfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
     1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food
        fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers,
        as, the black grunt (Haemulon Plumieri), and the
        redmouth grunt (Haemulon aurolineatus), of the Southern
        United States; -- also applied to allied species of the
        genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma.
        Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; --
        so called from the noise it makes when taken.
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     3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting
        in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
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  Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
     One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
     vessels; one who understands the practical management of
     ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
     seaman.
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     Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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     Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
     (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
         syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
         -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
         and salt-water bream.
     (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
         Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
         on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
         also hogfish, and pigfish.
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  Pigfish \Pig"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; --
         called also hogfish.
     (b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several
         other fishes.
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pigfish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pigfish
      n 1: found around the Great Barrier Reef [syn: pigfish, giant pigfish
           , Achoerodus gouldii]
      2: found from Long Island southward [syn: pigfish, hogfish,
         Orthopristis chrysopterus]