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English Dictionary: boarfish by the DICT Development Group
2 results for boarfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boarfish
n
  1. fish with large eyes and long snouts
  2. fish with a projecting snout
    Synonym(s): boarfish, Capros aper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boarfish \Boar"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A Mediterranean fish ({Capros aper}), of the family
                  {Caproid[91]}; -- 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.
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