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grouper

grouper

3 5.8
Meat from a large sea fish often cooked and served in restaurants
  • noun
  • /ˈɡruːpər/
translation icon : carne de mero
  • Little do they know, there's a bunch of grouper sandwiches right below.
  • grouper fillet
  • grilled grouper
  • grouper sandwich

Little do they know, there's a bunch of grouper sandwiches right below.

Examples

  • Yes, Sherie, you will eat fur and feathers—rare, medium, and well done, and grouper too.

    Blog text (4)
  • Returning home, he finds yam pie, baked grouper, and boiled rice.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Friends, this is a... ...very special preparation of grouper.

  • I just was seized by this strange craving for the grouper they have next door.

  • I was going when you could legally stock up the whole freezer from one trip with grouper and snapper.

    Blog text (28)
  • Stephen and Jilly had decided on grouper, a popular fish locally, and Jilly, at least, was hungry.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • That evening, as the grouper appears in the guise of a saffronless bouillabaisse that is short on all ingredients except fish, Sancerre takes me aside.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • didn't make it lose weight on this cruise, but for now, here it is. The famous grouper sandwich with Key Lime mayonnaise. I wasn't meaning so we came for

  • The menu includes more than just typical sports bar food, too—think eggplant parmigiana, black Angus steak salad, and fresh grouper.

    Blog text (19)
  • The chef prepared a delicious dish of grouper with lemon and herbs.

Synonyms

saltwater fish
vsgrouper
1 1.9

Meat from fish that live in the sea and people eat

is the flesh of a specific large sea species rather than any sea fish

Surface Forms

grouper singular
groupers plural

Etymology

Grouper comes from the Portuguese word garoupa, the name for the same large sea 'fish', and cooks began using the word for its 'meat' too. So grouper can mean both the fish itself and the fillet you eat at a restaurant.