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rock hind

American

noun

a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.

Etymology

Origin of rock hind

First recorded in 1865–70

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