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hog•chok•er
(hôg′chō′kər, hog′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Fisha sole, Trinectes maculatus, found in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and south to Panama.
- so called to indicate that the fish is worthless, even as food for hogs 1850–55, American.