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Grouper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Grouper has 2 senses
- grouper(n = noun.food) - flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass; is a part of grouper
- grouper(n = noun.animal) - usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas; is a kind of sea bass
is a kind of saltwater fish
has particulars: coney, epinephelus fulvus, hind, creole-fish, paranthias furcifer, jewfish, mycteroperca bonaci
has parts: grouper
CIDE DICTIONARY
Grouper, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Garbupa.].
One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus , of the family Serranidæ , as the red grouper, or brown snapper (Epinephelus morio ), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus ), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Grouper, n. any marine fish of the family Serranidae, with heavy body, big head, and wide mouth.
Etymology
Port. garupa, prob. f. native name in S. America
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