See Also: Grouper(medicine)
grouper(dictionary)
grouper(encyclopedia)
Grouper Scampi(recipes)
Tortilla Soup with Grouper(recipes)

koa (iou) and grouper (iou)


koa (iou)



koa noun. E19.
[Hawaiian.]
A Hawaiian forest tree, Acacia koa; the dark wood of this, used in cabinet-making. Also koa tree, koa-wood.

grouper (iou)



grouper noun. See also GROPER noun2. E17.
[Portuguese garoupa, prob. from a S. Amer. name. For the alt. of form cf. BREAKER noun2.]
Any of numerous large marine serranid fishes of warm and tropical seas; esp. any of those of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca. Cf. GROPER noun2 1. E17.
Locally, any of various large marine fishes; esp. (a) the Californian rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis; (b) the triple-tail, Lobotes surinamensis. L19.