boarfish

noun

: any of several fishes that have a projecting snout like that of a hog: such as

a

: a deep-bodied zeomorph fish (Capros aper) of the Mediterranean and sometimes related forms

b

: any of a number of chiefly tropical percoid fishes (family Histiopteridae)

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