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Definition: Epinephelus nigritus
Grouper
\Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
Garbupa.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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.]
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Warsaw
\War"saw\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The black grouper (
Epinephelus nigritus) of the
southern coasts of the United States.
(b) The jewfish; -- called also
guasa.
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