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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.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of rock hind
First recorded in 1865–70
Words nearby rock hind
Rockford, rock garden, rock glacier, Rockhampton, Rock Hill, rock hind, rockhopper, rock hound, rock hounding, rock hyrax, Rockies
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