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PORK-FISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pork-fish mean?
• PORK-FISH (noun)
The noun PORK-FISH has 1 sense:
1. black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
Familiarity information: PORK-FISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anisotremus virginicus; pork-fish; porkfish
Hypernyms ("pork-fish" is a kind of...):
grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)
Holonyms ("pork-fish" is a member of...):
Anisotremus; genus Anisotremus (a genus of Haemulidae)
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