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grouper
(encz) | grouper,člen skupiny Zdeněk Brož |
Grouper
(gcide) | Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
Garbupa.] (Zool.)
(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 (Epinephelus morio), and
the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus 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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grouper
(gcide) | Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zool.)
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.
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grouper
(wn) | grouper
n 1: flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
2: usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas |
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black grouper
(gcide) | Bonaci \Bo`na*ci"\, n. [Amer. Sp. bonas['i], prob. from native
name.] (Zool.)
(a) A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and
the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also
aguaji and, in Florida, black grouper.
(b) Also, any one of several other similar fishes.
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Grouper
(gcide) | Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
Garbupa.] (Zool.)
(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 (Epinephelus morio), and
the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus 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.]
[1913 Webster]Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zool.)
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.
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