boarfish

boar·fish

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [bawr-fish, bohr-]
- /ˈbɔrˌfɪʃ, ˈboʊr-/
- /bˈɔːfɪʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bawr-fish, bohr-]
- /ˈbɔrˌfɪʃ, ˈboʊr-/

Definitions of boarfish word

noun boarfish 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 3
noun boarfish any of a family (Caproidae, order Zeiformes) of small, red, deep-water marine fishes with a piglike snout 3
noun plural boarfish any of several fishes having a projecting snout, especially a small, spiny-rayed fish, Capros aper, of European waters. 1
noun boarfish Any of several unrelated fish, of the genera Capros or Antigonia, that have a projecting snout. 0

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Origin of boarfish

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40; boar + fish

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boarfish popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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