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Webster 1913 Edition


Grouper

Group′er

,
Noun.
[Corrupted fr. Pg.
garupa
crupper. Cf.
Garbupa
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus
Epinephelus
, of the family
Serranidæ
, 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
.]

Definition 2024


grouper

grouper

English

A giant grouper

Noun

grouper (plural groupers or grouper)

  1. Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁu.pe/

Verb

grouper

  1. to group (to put together to form a group)

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