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pinfish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pinfish has 1 sense
- pinfish(n = noun.animal) lagodon rhomboides, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish - similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States; Array is a kind of sparid, sparid fish
is a member of genus lagodon, lagodon
CIDE DICTIONARY
pinfish, n. [So called from their sharp dorsal spines.].
The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides syn. Lagodon rhomboides ). [1913 Webster]
" Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species."
[1913 Webster]
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