Definition of "pinfish" []

• A small, spiny-finned fish (Lagodon rhomboides) found along the southeast coast of the United States. (noun)

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• "This mishap occurred at Paradise Beach, near Pensacola, Florida, fishing on a dock for pinfish."
• "The little pinfish had turned him into an entomologist."
• "With a dozen more fish, I add three more species — pinfish, margate, and bluestriped grunt — to my list."