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Pigfoot
Pig′footˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A marine fish (
Scorpæna porcus
), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black. Definition 2024
pigfoot
pigfoot
English
Noun
pigfoot (plural pigfoots)
- A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native to Europe.
- 2003, Francis Davis, The History of the Blues
- The pigfoot is commonly thought of as "soul" food, the assumption being that it and hog jowls and the like were something Southern blacks developed a taste for out of necessity, on account of whites saving all the good parts of the pig for themselves.
- 2003, Francis Davis, The History of the Blues