Search Result for "sailors_choice":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico;
[syn: sailor's-choice, sailors choice, Haemulon parra]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sailor \Sail"or\, n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. [1913 Webster] Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. [1913 Webster] Sailor's choice. (Zool.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides, syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn. Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sailors choice n 1: a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico [syn: sailor's-choice, sailors choice, Haemulon parra]