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PORKFISH

Dictionary entry overview: What does porkfish mean?

• PORKFISH (noun)
The noun PORKFISH has 1 sense:

1. black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil

Familiarity information: PORKFISH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PORKFISH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anisotremus virginicus; pork-fish; porkfish

Hypernyms ("porkfish" is a kind of...):

grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)

Holonyms ("porkfish" is a member of...):

Anisotremus; genus Anisotremus (a genus of Haemulidae)

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