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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Head to Pink Beach to swim with rays, schools of groupers, and hawksbill turtles in the undersea garden that grows there.
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Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
There are a few great waterfront seafood restaurants to hit in these fascinating Florida backwaters, too, including Waterfront Social, with a tiki bar on Kings Bay, and West 82 Bar & Grill for great grouper tacos and fish sandwiches.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
On the first go-round, grouper filets and fat marshmallowy sea scallops shared the protein detail.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
My favorites back home are humpback grouper, threadfin, and striped mullet.
—Lucas Sin, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
Wild grouper from Alaska, tuna from Boston, mahi from South America, farmed salmon off the Norwegian coast.
—The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
Loving the citrus-forward flavors, Michelin highlights Black grouper, kanpachi and ocean trout that arrive dressed with the likes of aji dulce, kiwiberries, finger limes and passionfruit.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
Mahi-mahi, snapper, lingcod, sea bass and grouper are good alternative choices.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
Try the whole roasted yellowtail for two, black grouper or espresso braised short rib.
—Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
There are a few great waterfront seafood restaurants to hit in these fascinating Florida backwaters, too, including Waterfront Social, with a tiki bar on Kings Bay, and West 82 Bar & Grill for great grouper tacos and fish sandwiches.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
On the first go-round, grouper filets and fat marshmallowy sea scallops shared the protein detail.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
My favorites back home are humpback grouper, threadfin, and striped mullet.
—Lucas Sin, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
Wild grouper from Alaska, tuna from Boston, mahi from South America, farmed salmon off the Norwegian coast.
—The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
Loving the citrus-forward flavors, Michelin highlights Black grouper, kanpachi and ocean trout that arrive dressed with the likes of aji dulce, kiwiberries, finger limes and passionfruit.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
Mahi-mahi, snapper, lingcod, sea bass and grouper are good alternative choices.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
Try the whole roasted yellowtail for two, black grouper or espresso braised short rib.
—Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 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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