sailor's-choice

noun

sailor's grunt (Haemulon parra),

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pinfishsquirrelfishLagodon rhomboidessailors choiceHaemulon parra
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Meanings

nounsailor's-choice (plural sailor's-choice)
  1. Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic:
    1. sailor's grunt (Haemulon parra),
    2. pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides),
    3. spottail pinfish (Diplodus holbrookii),
    4. margate (Haemulon album),
    5. pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera),
    6. French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsimilar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States

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pinfishsquirrelfishLagodon rhomboides
Broader
sparidsparid fish

nouna grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico

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sailors choiceHaemulon parra
Broader
grunt
Also see
pinfishsquirrelfish

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