Meaning of GROUPER
| Pronunciation: | | 'groopur
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- [n] usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
- [n] flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
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GROUPER is a 7 letter word that starts with G. |
| | See Also: | | coney, creole-fish, Epinephelus fulvus, grouper, grouper, hind, jewfish, Mycteroperca bonaci, Paranthias furcifer, saltwater fish, sea bass | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
{Garbupa}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the
genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[ae]}, as the
red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black
grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and
the Gulf of Mexico.
(b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}).
(c) In California, the name is often applied to the
rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and
{trooper}.]
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