資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mero \Me"ro\, n. [Sp.; cf. Pg. mero.]
Any of several large groupers of warm seas, esp. the guasa
({Epinephelus guaza}), the red grouper ({E. morio}), the
black grouper ({E. nigritas}), distinguished as
Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
{Garbupa}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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 ({E. morio}), and the black
grouper, or warsaw ({E. 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}.]