'Pigfish' definitions:
Definition of 'pigfish'
(from WordNet)
noun
Found around the Great Barrier Reef [syn: pigfish, giant pigfish, Achoerodus gouldii]
noun
Found from Long Island southward [syn: pigfish, hogfish, Orthopristis chrysopterus]
Definition of 'Pigfish'
From: 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]
Definition of 'pigfish'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
Definition of 'pigfish'
From: GCIDE
- Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
- 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting in the war in Vietnam. [slang] [PJC]