BOARFISH

boarfish, Capros aper

(noun) fish with a projecting snout

boarfish

(noun) fish with large eyes and long snouts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

boarfish (plural boarfishes or boarfish)

Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families

The Caproidae

The Pentacerotidae

Source: Wiktionary


Boar"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidæ; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout. (b) An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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