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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One vignette involves John Yates, a Florida fisherman who was convicted of getting rid of some undersized grouper under a federal law originally aimed at the accounting industry and the destruction of evidence in the Enron scandal.
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Mark Sherman, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2024
Swimming and snorkeling are permitted anywhere at Garden Key, aside from within the moat wall, with the greatest abundance of larger marine life dwelling in and around the pier pilings, which provide habitat for roving grouper, barracudas, and docile nurse sharks.
—Matt Kirouac, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Apr. 2023
The raw bar focuses on Southern Italian seafood: scorpion fish, squid, swordfish, amber jack and grouper.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 18 July 2024
Current entrees include roasted red grouper, Outer Banks sea scallops, tamarind braised beef short ribs and lion’s mane pad Thai, among other tasty options.
—Shannon Greene, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2024
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Mark Sherman, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2024
Swimming and snorkeling are permitted anywhere at Garden Key, aside from within the moat wall, with the greatest abundance of larger marine life dwelling in and around the pier pilings, which provide habitat for roving grouper, barracudas, and docile nurse sharks.
—Matt Kirouac, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Apr. 2023
The raw bar focuses on Southern Italian seafood: scorpion fish, squid, swordfish, amber jack and grouper.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 18 July 2024
Current entrees include roasted red grouper, Outer Banks sea scallops, tamarind braised beef short ribs and lion’s mane pad Thai, among other tasty options.
—Shannon Greene, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2024
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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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