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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various edible fishes of North American Atlantic waters, including the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sparine fish, the pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides.
- noun A fish, Orthopristis chrysopterus; the pig-fish.
- noun A West Indian fish, Hæmulon parra; also, other fishes related to it. Also called
ronco prieto .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
grunts of theAtlantic (all in the family Haemulidae);pinfish ,margate , Orthopristis chrysopterus, or Haemulon parra.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
- noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
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