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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Zool.)

(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.

pigfish ‎(plural pigfishes or pigfish)

Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish.
1. The golden-spot hogfish, Bodianus perditio
2. The redmouth grunt, Orthopristis chrysoptera
3. The red pigfish, Bodianus unimaculatus
Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including
1. A sculpin, family Cottidae
2. Fishes in the family Congiopodidae