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MUTTONFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does muttonfish mean?
• MUTTONFISH (noun)
The noun MUTTONFISH has 1 sense:
1. similar to and often marketed as 'red snapper'
Familiarity information: MUTTONFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to and often marketed as 'red snapper'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Lutjanus analis; mutton snapper; muttonfish
Hypernyms ("muttonfish" is a kind of...):
snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)
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