pigfoot

English

Etymology

pig +‎ foot

Noun

pigfoot (plural pigfoots)

1. A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native to Europe.

   Synonym: black scorpionfish

   • 2003, Francis Davis, The History of the Blues:

     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.

2. Any similar fish

References

• “pigfoot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.