porkfish

porkfish
/pawrk"fish', pohrk"-/, n., pl. porkfishes, (esp. collectively) porkfish.
a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
[1725-35, Amer.; PORK + FISH]

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