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sailor's-choice

n. Any of several grunts of the Atlantic (all in the family ''Haemulidae''); pinfish, margate, ''Orthopristis chrysopterus'', or ''Haemulon parra''.

WordNet
sailor's-choice
  1. n. similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States [syn: pinfish, squirrelfish, Lagodon rhomboides]

  2. found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico [syn: sailors choice, Haemulon parra]