n. (Zool.) (a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus). (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice. (c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch. (d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpæna scrofa). [ 1913 Webster ]
[akahoshikitsunebera](n) lined hogfish (Bodianus leucosticticus); Bodianus rubrisos (declared separate species from B. leucosticticus in 2006)[Add to Longdo]