sailor's-choice
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sail·or's-choice
(sā′lərz-chois′)n. pl. sailor's-choice
Any of various edible fishes of North American Atlantic waters, including the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish.
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sailor's-choice
n
(Animals) any of various small percoid fishes of American coastal regions of the Atlantic, esp the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish
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sail′or's-choice′
n., pl. -choice.
any of several fishes living in waters along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., esp. a pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, and a grunt, Haemulon parrai.
[1840–50, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  sailor's-choice - similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United Statessparid, sparid fish - spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth genus Lagodon, Lagodon - a genus of Sparidae |
| 2. |  sailor's-choice - a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexicogrunt - medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught genus Haemulon, Haemulon - type genus of the Haemulidae |
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