nigger-fish
English
Alternative forms
- niggerfish, negrofish
Etymology
nigger + fish
Noun
nigger-fish (plural nigger-fishes)
- (now offensive) A Caribbean grouper, yellowfish, coney (Cephalopholis fulva) (syn. Epinephelus punctatus, Enneacentrus punctatus (family Serranidae)).
References
- nigger-fish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.