"pigfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pigfishes [plural], pigfish [plural]
Etymology: From pig + fish. Etymology templates: {{com|en|pig|fish}} pig + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|pigfish}} pigfish (plural pigfishes or pigfish)
  1. Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish.
    A golden-spot hogfish (Bodianus perditio)
    Sense id: en-pigfish-en-noun-8vY3YNoh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 21 14 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 20 20 18 22
  2. Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish.
    A redmouth grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera)
    Sense id: en-pigfish-en-noun-dNgHJCjX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 21 14 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 20 20 18 22
  3. Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish.
    A red pigfish (Bodianus unimaculatus)
    Sense id: en-pigfish-en-noun-C6H-PMM3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 21 14 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 20 20 18 22
  4. Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including
    A sculpin, family Cottidae
    Sense id: en-pigfish-en-noun-tNXub3Sm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 21 14 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 20 20 18 22
  5. Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including
    Fishes in the family Congiopodidae
    Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish, Scorpaeniform fish, Wrasses
    Sense id: en-pigfish-en-noun-Lz9efVJ6 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 15 15 15 15 40 Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 16 16 16 16 36 Disambiguation of Wrasses: 16 16 16 15 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 21 14 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 20 20 18 22

Inflected forms

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