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Mycteroperca

noun

groupers

• Syn: ↑genus Mycteroperca

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Serranidae, ↑family Serranidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑jewfish, ↑Mycteroperca bonaci

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\\ˌmiktərōˈpərkə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek myktēr + Latin perca perch — more at perch

: a widely distributed genus of groupers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.