Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish, the groper (Polyprion oxygeneios), found on the coast of New Zealand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large and valuable food fish (
Polyprion prognathus ) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.
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- noun zoology A large and valuable food
fish Polyprion oxygeneios in the familySerranidae of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundredpounds or more.
Etymologies
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From Māori hāpuku
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