Grouper

Grouper , noun

[Corrupted from Portuguese garupa crupper. Compare Garbupa.]

(a)

(Zoology) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranida, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

(b)

(Zoology) The tripletail (Lobotes).

(c)

(Zoology) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes.