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boarfish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun boarfish has 2 senses
- boarfish(n = noun.animal) Array - fish with large eyes and long snouts; Array is a member of antigonia, genus antigonia
- boarfish(n = noun.animal) capros aper - fish with a projecting snout; Array is a member of capros, genus capros
is a kind of acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
is a kind of acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
CIDE DICTIONARY
boarfish, n.
A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper ), of the family Caproidæ ; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout. [1913 Webster]
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