Pigfish

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
     1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food
        fishes, of the genus {Haemulon}, allied to the snappers,


        as, the black grunt ({Haemulon Plumieri}), and the
        redmouth grunt ({Haemulon aurolineatus}), of the Southern
        United States; -- also applied to allied species of the
        genera {Pomadasys}, {Orthopristis}, and {Pristopoma}.
        Called also {pigfish}, {squirrel fish}, and {grunter}; --
        so called from the noise it makes when taken.
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     3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting
        in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
     One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
     vessels; one who understands the practical management of
     ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
     seaman.
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     Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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     {Sailor's choice}. (Zool.)
     (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus rhomboides},
         syn. {Lagodon rhomboides}) of the Southern United States;
         -- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail},
         and {salt-water bream}.
     (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis chrysopterus} syn.
         {Pomadasys chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common
         on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
         also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pigfish \Pig"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; --
         called also {hogfish}.
     (b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several
         other fishes.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pigfish
       n 1: found around the Great Barrier Reef [syn: {giant pigfish}, {Achoerodus
            gouldii}]
       2: found from Long Island southward [syn: {hogfish}, {Orthopristis
          chrysopterus}]
       [also: {pigfishes} (pl)]