"boarfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boarfishes [plural], boarfish [plural]
Etymology: From boar + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|boar|fish}} boar + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|boarfish}} boarfish (plural boarfishes or boarfish)
  1. Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families:
    The Caproidae
    Categories (lifeform): Fish, Percoid fish
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  2. Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families:
    The Pentacerotidae
    Categories (lifeform): Fish, Percoid fish
    Sense id: en-boarfish-en-noun-k~g0OVp6 Disambiguation of Fish: 50 50 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boar-fish

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