orthopristis chrysopterus

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   found from Long Island southward

   Synonymspigfishhogfish

   Broadergrunt

   Part ofOrthopristis

Questions about orthopristis chrysopterus

What does orthopristis chrysopterus mean?

orthopristis chrysopterus means "found from Long Island southward".

What is another word for orthopristis chrysopterus?

Close synonyms include pigfish, hogfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orthopristis chrysopterus a common word?

orthopristis chrysopterus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.