pigfish

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

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]
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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}.
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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.
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