Definitions for hogfish

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hogfish hog·fish

Spelling: [hawg-fish, hog-]

IPA: /ˈhɔgˌfɪʃ, ˈhɒg-/

Hogfish is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in hogfish (fghhios).

Definitions for hogfish

noun

1. a large wrasse, Lachnolaimus maximus, of the western Atlantic Ocean, used for food.
2. any of various other fishes having a fancied resemblance to a hog, as the pigfish and logperch.

Origin of hogfish

1590-1600; translation of Medieval Latin porcopiscis porpoise. See hog, fish

Examples for hogfish

As he approached the mainland he made out the fort, and steering directly for it, passed safely through hogfish Cut.

One o' the smacks hed jist brought in a hogfish that day, an' it was the worst lookin' critter that ever growed in the sea.