Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hogfish \Hog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish
({Lachnol[ae]mus}).
(b) The pigfish or sailor's choice.
(c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.
(d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish
({Scorp[ae]na scrofa}).
Source : WordNet®
hogfish
n 1: large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a
pig's snout [syn: {hog snapper}, {Lachnolaimus maximus}]
2: found from Long Island southward [syn: {pigfish}, {Orthopristis
chrysopterus}]
[also: {hogfishes} (pl)]