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grouper

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1. grouper - Noun

2. grouper - Adjective

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One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

The tripletail (Lobotes).

In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The water is alive. It is alive. If we could get a mask and fins and drop down off these docks, we'd see snook and redfish and probably goliath grouper. And it's an amazing world unto itself and a very thin demarcation between one world and the other. You know, the distance of the water surface. Randy Wayne White

After hunting together to roust the grouper from its hiding place in the reef, the sharks encircle it, but then compete for the spoils – only a few sharks will have a part of the catch and most of them will remain unfed for several nights. Source: Internet

For the seafood lovers, Anna Marie’s Seafood will have shrimp, snapper and yellow-edge grouper. Source: Internet

A researcher swims in the midst of a Nassau grouper aggregation as part of an ongoing effort to track the critically endangered species numbers. Source: Internet

Cobia, tarpon, kingfish, Goliath grouper, blacktip shark and, of course, giant stingrays are all available and ready to give you the battle of a lifetime. Source: Internet

Southwest Florida heat has triggered another red tide, driving a 30% adaptation cost increase for my 96th birthday dinner of grouper from Everglades City. Source: Internet

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