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Definition of "grouper" []

  • Any of various often large food and game fishes of the genera Epinephelus, Mycteroperca, and related genera, which inhabit warm seas. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "grouper" in a sentence
  • "In addition to stilts duties at Universal, he was a greeter at the Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios and a "grouper" - as in, "How many in your party?""
  • "I definitely recall grouper, lots of rays, hammerheads, snappers, and tons of smaller fish."
  • "Rementeria, the chef at Camellia Street Grille, then sears the grouper, which is placed over onions caramelized with fresh oranges on the salad."