pigfishn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡˌfɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, fish n.¹

Etymology: < pig n.¹ + fish n.¹

1. Any of various fishes that make piglike noises; esp. (a) U.S. a sculpin (family Cottidae) (now rare); (b) U.S., the grunt Orthopristis chrysoptera (family Haemulidae); (c) Australian and New Zealand, a wrasse or grouper of the genera Bodianus or Achoerodus (family Labridae).

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the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] > leather-jacket or oligoplites saurus

leather-jacket1770

pigfish1807

runner1905

the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Heterodontidae (Port Jackson shark)

Port Jackson1789

pigfish1807

cestraciont1847

Cestracion1876

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > member of family Triglidae (gurnard)

gurnard1314

mop1466

kite-fish1684

trigla1752

pigfish1807

captain1811

sea-robin1814

mailed or armed gurnard1836

robin1853

sclerogenoid1861

grumbler1867

triglid1888

trigloid1888

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > cossyphus gouldii (blue groper) > fish allied to

pigfish1807

hogfish1871

red groper1893

1807 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1815) 2nd Ser. III. 56 The pig-fish is of the size and form of a sculpion, but with a head not so large and bony.

1842 Tasmanian Jrnl. 1 104 Ostracion..known at Port Arthur by the name of Pig-fish.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 398 From their habit [sc. that of fishes of the genus Hæmulon] of uttering a loud, rather melodious sound when taken from the water they have acquired the name of ‘Grunt’ and ‘Pig-fish’.

1937 T. G. Pearson Adventures in Bird Protection 333 They are mullet, pig fish, pin fish and cravalle.

1985 A. Wheeler World Encycl. Fishes 101/3 Achoerodus gouldii... Blue groper, giant pigfish.

2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June 118/3 Darren Morrisey..has taken steady catches of pan-sized snapper, morwong, pigfish and leatherjackets.

2. Australian and New Zealand. Any of various deep-bodied scaleless fishes of the family Congiopodidae, having a protuberant snout and living in the southern oceans; esp. (more fully southern pigfish) Congiopodus leucopaecilus.

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1876 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1875 8 211 Agriopus leucopoecilus... Pig Fish.

1922 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 5 95 Congiopodus leucopaecilus. Southern Pigfish. An attempt to sell this species under the name of ‘silver trumpeter’ in Christchurch was unsuccessful.

1933 D. Macdonald Brooks of Morning 181 The pig fish and the boar fish were inspirationally named, because neither of them grunted.

1988 M. Francis Coastal Fishes N.Z. 24 Southern pigfish are usually seen resting on the bottom often nestled in seaweed or against rocks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pigfish
释义	pigfishn. Brit. /ˈpɪɡfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌfɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, fish n.¹ Etymology: < pig n.¹ + fish n.¹ 1. Any of various fishes that make piglike noises; esp. (a) U.S. a sculpin (family Cottidae) (now rare); (b) U.S., the grunt Orthopristis chrysoptera (family Haemulidae); (c) Australian and New Zealand, a wrasse or grouper of the genera Bodianus or Achoerodus (family Labridae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] > leather-jacket or oligoplites saurus leather-jacket1770 pigfish1807 runner1905 the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Heterodontidae (Port Jackson shark) Port Jackson1789 pigfish1807 cestraciont1847 Cestracion1876 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > member of family Triglidae (gurnard) gurnard1314 mop1466 kite-fish1684 trigla1752 pigfish1807 captain1811 sea-robin1814 mailed or armed gurnard1836 robin1853 sclerogenoid1861 grumbler1867 triglid1888 trigloid1888 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > cossyphus gouldii (blue groper) > fish allied to pigfish1807 hogfish1871 red groper1893 1807 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1815) 2nd Ser. III. 56 The pig-fish is of the size and form of a sculpion, but with a head not so large and bony. 1842 Tasmanian Jrnl. 1 104 Ostracion..known at Port Arthur by the name of Pig-fish. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 398 From their habit [sc. that of fishes of the genus Hæmulon] of uttering a loud, rather melodious sound when taken from the water they have acquired the name of ‘Grunt’ and ‘Pig-fish’. 1937 T. G. Pearson Adventures in Bird Protection 333 They are mullet, pig fish, pin fish and cravalle. 1985 A. Wheeler World Encycl. Fishes 101/3 Achoerodus gouldii... Blue groper, giant pigfish. 2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June 118/3 Darren Morrisey..has taken steady catches of pan-sized snapper, morwong, pigfish and leatherjackets. 2. Australian and New Zealand. Any of various deep-bodied scaleless fishes of the family Congiopodidae, having a protuberant snout and living in the southern oceans; esp. (more fully southern pigfish) Congiopodus leucopaecilus. ΚΠ 1876 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1875 8 211 Agriopus leucopoecilus... Pig Fish. 1922 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 5 95 Congiopodus leucopaecilus. Southern Pigfish. An attempt to sell this species under the name of ‘silver trumpeter’ in Christchurch was unsuccessful. 1933 D. Macdonald Brooks of Morning 181 The pig fish and the boar fish were inspirationally named, because neither of them grunted. 1988 M. Francis Coastal Fishes N.Z. 24 Southern pigfish are usually seen resting on the bottom often nestled in seaweed or against rocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807
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