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grouper
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae , in the order Perciformes . Not all serranids are called groupers; the family also includes the sea basses . The common name grouper is usually given ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An edible fish ( Lobotes Surinamensis ) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of fish, 1690s, from Portuguese garupa , of unknown origin, probably of South American Indian origin, perhaps from a word in Tupi.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily ''(taxlink Epiphelinae subfamily noshow=1)'', especially the genera ''Epinephelus'' and (taxlink Mycteroperca genus noshow=1), which inhabit warm seas.
Usage examples of grouper.
There were lobsters under every rock, schools of parrotfish, angelfish, triggerfish, surgeonfish, damselfish, hogfish, porgies, even occasional groupers.
Familiar faces hove into view, some known personally, some known at the intimate remove of modern celebrityhood, local media types tanned and satisfied, a sprinkling of higher-magnitude stars down from the mountain in Aspen, the socialite grouper fish, the trolling politicos, and the renowned and endowed from the glamorous world of adult entertainment, all the well-connected folk you could ever hope to rig a hot wire to.
Schooling horsehead jacks, ling, solitary grouper, three swordfish cutting through shimmering clouds of pinfish, and a hammerhead shark cruising the outer edge of the schools.
The fish were bright with all the colors of the rainbow, from minnows shorter than his little finger, to angelfish, platys, and groupers as big as his leg.
Bahamian deckhands scurried about unloading coolers of iced-down grouper and tuna.
Now he did a roaring trade in snappers and groupers cooked to order at outrageous fees, with a flourishing sideline in fresh fish sales to the neighborhood each morning.
The pièce de résistance, two man-sized black groupers, a butterflied yellow-fin tuna and three bushels of lobster tails, was grilling outside.
It was either the Commos or the Groupers, the Catholics, or you were up against the bosses.
Despite price stabilization supports and general inflation the price per pound of all the major fish types, even the prized black grouper and red snapper, had been going consistently down.
You've noticed that every major drug bust has a clever-sounding name to go with itOperation Grouper, Operation Black Tuna, and so on.
They left the giant grouper still patrolling the entrance to its cave, and continued on along the edge of the reef.
Most people think it was a whale shark or a giant grouper, but—.
The next moment Sam was climbing aboard the dive boat on a reef off Boroko on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea: his body still lean and bronze, joking about the giant grouper that had spooked him, handing Chris a triton shell.
Giant groupers and manta rays swam through graceful jellyfish as they frolicked amid the vividly colored coral.
You could snorkel for two hours, load the boat with Nassau grouper, and never lay eyes on another human being, much less a starched and undoubtedly dried-up emissary from the Governor's office.