sailor's-choice

Definitions of sailor's-choice
  1. noun
    similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
    synonyms: Lagodon rhomboides, pinfish, squirrelfish
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    type of:
    sparid, sparid fish
    spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
  2. noun
    a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
    synonyms: Haemulon parra, sailors choice
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    type of:
    grunt
    medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
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