Akademik

pinfish
noun
similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
Syn: ↑sailor's-choice, ↑squirrelfish, ↑Lagodon rhomboides
Hypernyms: ↑sparid, ↑sparid fish
Member Holonyms: ↑Lagodon, ↑genus Lagodon

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: any of several fishes having sharp dorsal spines: as
a. : a small compressed dark green grunt (Lagodon rhomboides) of the Atlantic coast from Cape Cod to Cuba
b. : a related fish (Diplodus holbrooki)

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/pin"fish'/, n., pl. pinfishes, (esp. collectively) pinfish.
a small fish, Lagodon rhomboides, of the porgy family, inhabiting bays of the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
[1875-80, Amer.; PIN + FISH]

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pinˈfish noun
A spiny fish of various kinds
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Main Entry:pin

Useful english dictionary. 2012.