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Webster 1913 Edition
Pinfish
Pin′fishˊ
,Noun.
[So called from their sharp dorsal spines.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The sailor’s choice (
Diplodus rhomboides
syn. Lagodon rhomboides
). (b)
The salt-water bream (
Diplodus Holbrooki
). ☞ Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species.