Grouper - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Grouper :  (noun)
1: flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
2: usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas

Based on WordNet 2.0

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 when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Grouper : \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.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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