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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)n
(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 bassgrouper - 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 |
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