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Definition of Groupers

grouper
Triple-tail Tri"ple-tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.) An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.
Grouper
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 (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. 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.]

Meaning of Groupers from wikipedia

- Saloptia, and Triso are also called "groupers". Fish in the genus Plectropomus are referred to as "coral groupers". These genera are all classified in...
- large specimens with caution and not to hand feed them. Like most groupers, giant groupers are protogynous hermaphrodites. They spawn on a lunar cycle, with...
- influence in the Industrial Groups. Members of these groups were informally called "Groupers". "The Movement" and the "Groupers" were opposed not only to...
- into the gills of the groupers and cause great risk to the health of the groupers. Over time the habitats of the Gulf grouper have been degraded because...
- goliath grouper and necessitate specific suitable water conditions to nurture healthy, sustained goliath grouper po****tions. Juvenile goliath groupers may...
- Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind...
- the groupers catch in any size category are kept and grown until they reach market size. As ciguatera toxin is common in brown-marbled groupers' flesh...
- friends on group dates In Australia, 'Groupers' was an informal term for members of the Industrial Groups Grouper (musician), American musician Grouper, the...
- Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind...
- and offs**** reefs in shallow waters. The Honeycomb grouper is one of the most common small groupers of the Indo-Pacific. It is widespread throughout the...