Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The spotted jewfish, Epinephelus guaza, found off the coasts of southern Europe and western Africa.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Any of several large groupers of warm seas, esp. the guasa (Epinephelus guaza), the red grouper (Epinephelus morio), the black grouper (Epinephelus nigritas), distinguished as Me"ro de lo al"to (�), and a species called also rock hind, distinguished as Me"ro ca*brol"la (�).

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Examples

  • Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) is also known as mero, Chilean sea bass and blac!

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) is also known as mero, Chilean sea bass and black hake.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • In consequence of the petty wars between neighbouring tribes, a prisoner is brought into a strange country, and treated as a poito or mero, that is to say, as a slave.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • In consequence of the petty wars between neighbouring tribes, a prisoner is brought into a strange country, and treated as a poito or mero, that is to say, as a slave.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • What if I dusted the mero fillets with flour, fried them lightly, then laid on an already cooked Salsa Veracruzana?

    Mero? 2009

  • I estimate that the mero fillets run about 6-8 ounces each.

    Mero? 2009

  • Your original post led me to believe that you were buying one large filete de mero weighing 1.5 kilos.

    Mero? 2009

  • So, my question is: is mero good for the dish I plan to make?

    Mero? 2009

  • As I don't like tilapia very much, I was inclined toward mero, both for its moderate price as well as appearance.

    Mero? 2009

  • But I'll check again at Mercado Soriana and at the Pescadería Nemo, where I saw the mero.

    Mero? 2009

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