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sailor's-choice

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various edible fishes of North American Atlantic waters, including the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sparine fish, the pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides.
  • noun A fish, Orthopristis chrysopterus; the pig-fish.
  • noun A West Indian fish, Hæmulon parra; also, other fishes related to it. Also called ronco prieto.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of several grunts of the Atlantic (all in the family Haemulidae); pinfish, margate, Orthopristis chrysopterus, or Haemulon parra.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
  • noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States

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