grouper

/ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/

UK: /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/

grouper

English Noun Top 44,637

Definition

Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.

Etymology

From Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare garrupa.