grouper

3 definitions found

grouper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

grouper - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grouper
      n 1: flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
      2: usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas