HOGCHOKER


Meaning of HOGCHOKER in English

/hawg"choh'keuhr, hog"-/ , n.

a sole, Trinectes maculatus, found in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and south to Panama.

[ 1850-55, Amer.; so called to indicate that the fish is worthless, even as food for hogs ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .