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boarfish

[bawr-fish, bohr-]

noun

plural

boarfish ,

plural

boarfishes .

  1. any of several fishes having a projecting snout, especially a small, spiny-rayed fish, Capros aper, of European waters.

boarfish

/ ˈɔːˌɪʃ /

noun

  1. any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of boarfish1

First recorded in 1830–40; boar + fish

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