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pigfoot

pigfoot noun: a marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native to Europe.

Noun

pigfoot (plural pigfoots)

  1. A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native to Europe.
    • The pigfoot is commonly thought of as "soul" food, the assumption being that it and hog jowls and the like were something Southern blacks developed a taste for out of necessity, on account of whites saving all the good parts of the pig for themselves.2003, Francis Davis, The History of the Blues
    Synonyms:
    black scorpionfish
  2. Any similar fish.

Synonyms of pigfoot

  • black scorpionfish

Forms of pigfoot

pluralpigfoots

Origin of pigfoot

From pig + foot.

Questions about pigfoot

What does pigfoot mean?
Pigfoot means a marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native to Europe.
What part of speech is pigfoot?
Pigfoot is a noun.
What is the plural of pigfoot?
The plural of pigfoot is pigfoots.

Words near pigfoot in the dictionary

  1. pigfests
  2. pigfish
  3. pigfishes
  4. pigflesh
  5. pigfood
  6. pigfoot
  7. pigfoots
  8. Pigford
  9. Pigfords
  10. pigfuck
  11. pigfucker

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