pigfoot

plural pigfoots

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

   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.

   2003, Francis Davis, The History of the Blues

   Synonyms: black scorpionfish

2. Any similar fish.