Associations to the word «Hogfish»

Wiktionary

HOGFISH, noun. Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
HOGFISH, noun. Several of the species of Bodianus.
HOGFISH, noun. The pigfish or sailor's choice, Orthopristis chrysoptera, or other species in genus Orthospristis.
HOGFISH, noun. Percina caprodes, an American freshwater fish, the log perch, rockfish, a kind of darter.
HOGFISH, noun. A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).
HOGFISH, noun. A pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas.
HOGFISH, noun. A grunt, Haemulon parra.

Dictionary definition

HOGFISH, noun. Large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout.
HOGFISH, noun. Found from Long Island southward.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats