sailors-choice
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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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