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Webster 1913 Edition


Boarfish

Boar′fishˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
A Mediterranean fish (
Capros aper
), of the family
Caproidæ
; – so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog’s snout.
(b)
An Australian percoid fish (
Histiopterus recurvirostris
), valued as a food fish.