pigfish

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Etymology

From pig +‎ fish.

Noun

pigfish (plural pigfishes or pigfish)

  1. Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish.
    1. A golden-spot hogfish (Bodianus perditio)
    2. A redmouth grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera)
    3. A red pigfish (Bodianus unimaculatus)
  2. Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including
    1. A sculpin, family Cottidae
    2. Fishes in the family Congiopodidae