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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pin·fish n.  Zool. (a) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides syn. Lagodon rhomboides). (b) The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).
 Note:Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sail·or n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
 Syn: -- Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
 Sailor's choice. Zool. (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides, syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn. Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Lagodon rhomboides
      n : similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays
          along the southeastern coast of the United States [syn: pinfish,
           sailor's-choice, squirrelfish]