Crossword clues for pinfish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pinfish \Pin"fish`\, n. [So called from their sharp dorsal spines.] (Zo["o]l.)
The sailor's choice ( Diplodus rhomboides syn. Lagodon rhomboides).
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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.
Wiktionary
n. ''Lagodon rhomboides'', a saltwater sparid fish.
WordNet
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)]
Usage examples of "pinfish".
The Circum-Gaea rejoined Ophion at that point after having made its way through North Rhea and down through the tortuous passes of the western Nemesis Mountains.
Schooling horsehead jacks, ling, solitary grouper, three swordfish cutting through shimmering clouds of pinfish, and a hammerhead shark cruising the outer edge of the schools.
He was standing on the dock with a spinning rod in his hands, catching pinfish from around the pilings of the stilt house.
Every afternoon he went out and caught for its supper a few dollar-sized pinfish, which he tossed off the dock, and which the barracuda devoured in lightning flashes that churned the water and sent the mangrove snappers diving for cover.
Because of his preoccupation with the camera boat, Mick Stranahan allowed the last pinfish to stay on the line longer than he should have.
In fifteen minutes he caught five lively pinfish, which he dropped in a plastic bait bucket.
He tossed the pinfish into the water, and the barracuda devoured it in a silent mercury flash, all fangs.
Stranahan got the last pinfish from the bucket and placed it carefully in the palm of her hand.
In slow motion the addled pinfish corkscrewed its way to the bottom, taking refuge inside an old horse conch.
What it had mistaken for an easy meal of silver pinfish turned out to be no such thing, and the barracuda spit ignominiously through its fangs.
The Coca-Cola snack-bar menu board indicated Fruitopia was now in stock and pinfish were going for a buck apiece.