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Grouper
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What's The Definition Of Grouper?
[n] usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
[n] flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass Synonyms | Synonyms for Grouper: Related Terms | Find terms related to Grouper: See Also | coney | creole-fish | Epinephelus fulvus | grouper | grouper | hind | jewfish | Mycteroperca bonaci | Paranthias furcifer | saltwater fish | sea bass Grouper In Webster's Dictionary \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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