pinfish

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Noun

HYPHEN

pin=fish

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pinfish has 1 sense

pinfish(n = noun.animal) lagodon rhomboides, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish - similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States;

is a kind of sparid, sparid fish

is a member of genus lagodon, lagodon

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pinfish, n. [So called from their sharp dorsal spines.].

The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides syn. Lagodon rhomboides). [1913 Webster]

" Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species." [1913 Webster]