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Webster 1913 Edition

Hogfish

Hog′fishˊ

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

(a)

A large West Indian and Florida food fish (

Lachnolæmus

).

(b)

The pigfish or sailor’s choice.

(c)

An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.

(d)

A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (

Scorpæna scrofa

).