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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean..
The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.
Use hogfish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hogfish means Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean..
Common synonyms include pigfish, lachnolaimus maximus, hog snapper, orthopristis chrysopterus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.
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