hogfish

American  

[hawg-fish, hog-] / ˈhɔgˌfɪʃ, ˈhɒg- /

noun

• hogfish,
  plural
• hogfishes
  plural

1. a large wrasse, Lachnolaimus maximus, of the western Atlantic Ocean, used for food.

2. any of various other fishes having a fancied resemblance to a hog, as the pigfish and logperch.

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hogfish British  

/ ˈhɒɡˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. a wrasse, Lachnolaimus maximus, that occurs in the Atlantic off the SE coast of North America. The head of the male resembles a pig's snout

2. another name for pigfish

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hogfish
  plural
• hogfishes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hogfish

1590–1600; translation of Medieval Latin porcopiscis porpoise. See hog, fish

Example Sentences

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hogfish

Based on previous studies, Schweikert and her colleagues knew that hogfish skin contains a blue-light-sensitive protein called SWS1.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 22, 2023

Biologists behind the new study took a closer look at hogfish skin and found that these proteins weren’t in the pigmented layer of cells that change the animal’s color.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023

As a marine biologist, Lorian Schweikert knew hogfish could change color to match their surroundings.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

When Lorian E. Schweikert, Ph.D., reeled in a hogfish on a fishing trip to the Florida Keys, she noticed something strange after setting it down on the deck of the boat.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023

The Bay at hand, and its estuaries, abounded in trout, hogfish, rock, shad, sturgeon and other edible species in season, not to speak of soft-shell crabs, hard-shell crabs, turtles, terrapin, clams and oysters.

From Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Annie Lash Jester