nigger-fish

== English == === Alternative forms === niggerfish === Etymology === From nigger +‎ fish. === Noun === nigger-fish (plural nigger-fishes or nigger-fish) (now offensive) A Caribbean grouper, yellowfish, coney (Cephalopholis fulva) (syn. Epinephelus punctatus, Enneacentrus punctatus (family Serranidae)). (Australia, New Zealand, now offensive) A luderick, blackfish, parore (Girella tricuspidata). === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “nigger-fish”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.