hogdeer

Zool.: Hyelaphus ( Cervus ) porcinus. hog-fish, s. 1. Ichthy.: Scorpæna scrofa , a large, red, spiny headed fish, common in the Mediterranean. 2. Zool .: A popular name sometimes given to the porpoise ( Phocana communis). The French call it Porc poi on, and the Germans Meerschwein, words of the same import.