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red grouper

noun

Definition of red grouper 

: a common marine food fish (Epinephelus morio) of the Atlantic coast from Virginia southward reaching a length of three feet and with age acquiring a flesh-red color

— called also negre, red snapper

— compare snapper sense 3b

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