Definition of Groupir
Group"er (?), n. [Corrupted fr. Pg.
garupa crupper. Cf. Garbupa.] (Zoöl.)
(a) One of several species of valuable food
fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family
Serranidæ, 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.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epiphelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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