boarfish
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boar·fish
(bôr′fĭsh)n. pl. boarfish or boar·fish·es
1. Any of several marine fishes of the family Caproidae of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, having a flattened reddish body and a projecting snout.
2. Any of several marine fishes of the family Pentacerotidae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, having a flattened body and a projecting snout.
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boarfish
(ˈbɔːˌfɪʃ)n, pl -fish or -fishes
(Animals) 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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| Noun | 1. |  boarfish - fish with large eyes and long snoutsAntigonia, genus Antigonia - a genus of fish in the family Caproidae acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays |
| 2. |  boarfish - fish with a projecting snout Capros, genus Capros - a genus of fish in the family Caproidae acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays |
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