pin·fish /-ˌfɪʃ/
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.
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pinfish
n : 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]
[also: pinfishes (pl)]