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grou·per

(gro͞o′pər)

n. pl. grouper or grou·pers

Any of various often large serranid fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, found in tropical and subtropical waters worldwide and valued as food and game fish.

[Portuguese garupa.]

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grouper

(ˈɡruːpə)

(Animals) a variant of groper

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group•er¹

(ˈgru pər)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -er, (esp. for kinds or species), -ers.

any of various large warm-water sea basses, esp. of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca.

[1680–90; < Portuguese garupa]

group•er²

(ˈgru pər)

n.

1. a member of a group, as of tourists.

2. Informal. a member of a group of usu. single people who rent and share a house, as at a summer resort.

[1930–35]

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Noun	1.	grouper - flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass grouper - usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	grouper - usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas sea bass - any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin coney, Epinephelus fulvus - black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins hind - any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers creole-fish, Paranthias furcifer - deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic Mycteroperca bonaci, jewfish - large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales grouper - flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass

Translations

mero

kijerna

cernia

grouper

[ˈgruːpəʳ] N (= fish) → mero m

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Our soup plates were served with a stack of banana heart, chayote, fennel, and a piece of giant grouper topped with lemongrass foam.

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Leopard grouper, Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877) is distributed near the coasts of the eastern central Pacific (southwest coast of Baja California Peninsula and throughout the Gulf of California to Jalisco, Mexico) (Heemstra & Randall, 1993; Allen & Robertson, 1998).

Reproductive cycle of leopard grouper Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877) held in captivity: relationship between gonad development and sex steroid concentration

The Marine Aquaculture Breeding Technology Centre, at the Fisheries Research Institute (FRI), in Tanjung Demong, Besut has made a breakthrough in the breeding of the tiger grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus).

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Abstract--Red grouper (Epinephelus morio) modify their habitat by excavating sediment to expose rocky pits, providing structurally complex habitat for many fish species.

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Among the most popular varieties are grouper, king fish and sheri.

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ON A MORNING in early spring, at a dock alongside a popular Central Florida boardwalk, Jason DeLaCruz helps his crew unload 11,700 pounds of grouper, red snapper, and bycatch from the boat The Blackjack.

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