Thesaurus: grouper

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1. n. One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, 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.
2. n. The tripletail (Lobotes).
3. n. In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes.
4. n. flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
5. n. usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
6. (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidæ, 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.]
7. n:100 n. flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass n. usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas