PIGFISH


Meaning of PIGFISH in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: so called from the grunting sound it makes when taken from the water

: any of various fishes: as

a. : any of several salt-water grunts ; especially : a food fish ( Orthopristis chrysopterus ) of the United States from Long Island southward

b. : pinfish a

c. Australia : any of several wrasses (especially of the genera Diastodon and Verreo ) of the family Labridae

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