plural groupers also grouper
: any of numerous fishes (family Serranidae and especially genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca) that are typically large solitary bottom-dwelling fishes of warm seas and include important food fishes
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Stick around to see the daily animal feeding of sharks, grouper, snook, tarpon, eels, and more in the community’s saltwater pool.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
Its kitchen is operating out of a food truck, without its usual fresh grouper and oysters.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
While its striking vertical walls and massive submerged stalactites remained a major draw, divers also began documenting the varied marine life that inhabits the sinkhole, including Caribbean reef sharks, giant groupers and other deep-sea species that navigate its depths.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The seafood display counter showed cod, conch, corvina, grouper and shrimp on ice.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
Its kitchen is operating out of a food truck, without its usual fresh grouper and oysters.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
While its striking vertical walls and massive submerged stalactites remained a major draw, divers also began documenting the varied marine life that inhabits the sinkhole, including Caribbean reef sharks, giant groupers and other deep-sea species that navigate its depths.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The seafood display counter showed cod, conch, corvina, grouper and shrimp on ice.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
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grouper
noun
grou·per
ˈgrü-pər 
plural groupers also grouper
: any of various mostly large fishes that live at the bottom of warm seas and are related to the sea basses
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