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red grouper

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: 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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“Red grouper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20grouper. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.

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