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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1860 a saltwater grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera) that is a food fish found from Long Island, New York, southward

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. Sailor's choice. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis, or Pomadasys, chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pigfish Pig"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (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.