grouper

Meaning

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

Synonyms

rock bass

groper

jack

jewfish

sea bass

black bass

butterfish

hamlet

rock cod

giant grouper

fish

🐟

African cubera snapper

African red snapper

deepwater rock cod

esonue grouper

flag cabrilla

garish hind

giant seabass

goldbar grouper

goliath grouper

gorean snapper

graysby

grey snapper

rock hind

blue cod

deady

guasa

hapuka

hapuku

hapuku wreckfish

lateralband grouper

potato bass

potato cod

red-tipped

rock bass spotted cabrilla

bass

rock grouper

Translations

cernia

garoupa

mérou

mero

Zackenbarsch

anfós

Epinephelinae

cerna

ροφός

Epinephelus

Cephalopholis igarashiensis

σφυρίδα

epinephelus

Epinephelus adscensionis

nero

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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