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Definition of Hogfish
1. Noun. Large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout.
2. Noun. Found from Long Island southward.
Generic synonyms: Grunt
Group relationships: Genus Orthopristis, Orthopristis
Definition of Hogfish
1. n. A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus).
Definition of Hogfish
1. Noun. An edible species of wrasse, found around southern Florida ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hogfish
1. a tropical fish [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Hogfish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hogfish
Literary usage of Hogfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"... abundant in the early times, for it gave its name to hogfish Cut, hogfish
Ledge, and hogfish Beacon. At present it is by no means abundant, ..."
2. The big game fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"CHAPTER VIII THE hogfish " And there were crystal pools, peopled with fish, Argent
and gold ; and some of Tyrian skin, Some crimson-barred." — THOMAS HOOD. ..."
3. From Behemoth to Microship by Steven K. Roberts (2000)
"Instead of making occasional pilgrimages to visit hogfish in a dirty overpriced
storage yard, she would become the centerpiece of our living and working ..."
4. The Log of a Sea Angler: Sport and Adventures in Many Seas with Spear and Rod by Charles Frederick Holder (1906)
"The hogfish, a favorite food fish here, has not, like the tarpon, ... example of
gross misnaming, as our hogfish is a cavalier among fishes, debonair, ..."
5. The Log of a Sea Angler: Sport and Adventures in Many Seas with Spear and Rod by Charles Frederick Holder (1906)
"The hogfish, a favorite food fish here, has not, like the tarpon, ... It is just
plain hogfish, nothing more ; but there was never a better example of gross ..."
6. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"The hogfish.—The hogfish of the West Indies and our southern coasts is another of
... The name "hogfish" doubtless is derived from the shape of the head, ..."
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