grouper

/ˈgrupər/

/ˈgrupə/

Other forms: groupers

Definitions of grouper

1. noun

   usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
   types:

   Epinephelus fulvus, coney

   black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins

   hind

   any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

   Paranthias furcifer, creole-fish

   deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic

   Mycteroperca bonaci, jewfish

   large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales

   Epinephelus adscensionis, rock hind

   found around rocky coasts or on reefs

   type of:

   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
2. noun

   flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
   type of:

   saltwater fish

   flesh of fish from the sea used as food