Dictionary entry

Boarfish

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Boar″fish′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidæ; — so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout. (b) An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish.