hogfish

UK: /ˈhɒɡˌfɪʃ/ US: (hôg′fish′, hog′-)

Inflections of 'hogfish' (n):

hogfish

npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Hogfish are native to the western Atlantic ocean.")

hogfishes

npl (Less common)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

hog•fish  (hôg′fish′, hog′-), n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 

1. Fish a large wrasse, Lachnolaimus maximus, of the western Atlantic Ocean, used for food.
2. Fish any of various other fishes having a fancied resemblance to a hog, as the pigfish and logperch.

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

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hogfish / ˈhɒɡˌfɪʃ/ noun ( -fish, -fishes)

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