Definition: pigfish

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.

   Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.

   Sailor's choice. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus, or Lagodon,
       rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called
       also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and
       salt-water bream.
   (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis, or Pomadasys,
       chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the
       southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
       hogfish, and pigfish.
Pigfish \Pig"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (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.