'Epinephelus nigritus' definitions:
Definition of 'Epinephelus nigritus'
From: GCIDE
- Warsaw \War"saw\, n. (Zool.) (a) The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States. (b) The jewfish; -- called also guasa. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Epinephelus nigritus'
From: GCIDE
- Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Garbupa.] (Zool.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranid[ae], as the red grouper, or brown snapper (Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail (Lobotes). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and trooper.] [1913 Webster]