HOGFISH (hogfishes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: hogfishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hogfish mean? 

• HOGFISH (noun)
  The noun HOGFISH has 2 senses:

1. large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout

2. found from Long Island southward

  Familiarity information: HOGFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOGFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hog snapper; hogfish; Lachnolaimus maximus

Hypernyms ("hogfish" is a kind of...):

wrasse (chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Found from Long Island southward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hogfish; Orthopristis chrysopterus; pigfish

Hypernyms ("hogfish" is a kind of...):

grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)

Holonyms ("hogfish" is a member of...):

genus Orthopristis; Orthopristis (a genus of Haemulidae)