Definition of boarfish Boarfish

boar•fish

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Noun

Plural: boarfishes

boarfish - fish with a projecting snout
  Capros aper
  acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
boarfish - fish with large eyes and long snouts
  acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
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  • boarfish (n.)
    A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidae; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.
  • boarfish (n.)
    An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish.

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