单词 | hogfish |
释义 | hogfish[ hawg-fish, hog- ] / ˈhɔgˌfɪʃ, ˈhɒg- / noun, plural (especially collectively) hog·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) hog·fish·es.a large wrasse, Lachnolaimus maximus, of the western Atlantic Ocean, used for food. any of various other fishes having a fancied resemblance to a hog, as the pigfish and logperch. Origin of hogfish1590–1600; translation of Medieval Latin porcopiscisporpoise. See hog, fish Words nearby hogfishhogback, hog-backed, hog badger, hogchoker, hog cholera, hogfish, hog fuel, Hogg, hogged, hogger, hoggery Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hogfish
British Dictionary definitions for hogfishhogfish / (ˈhɒɡˌfɪʃ) / noun plural -fish or -fishesa wrasse, Lachnolaimus maximus, that occurs in the Atlantic off the SE coast of North America. The head of the male resembles a pig's snout another name for pigfish (def. 1) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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