meron.

Brit.

/ˈmɛːrəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛroʊ/

Inflections: Plural meros, unchanged.

Forms: 1700s– mero, 1900s– merou.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mero.

Etymology: < Spanish mero (first attested 1611, although compare quot. 1585), of unknown origin.In form merou (see quot. 1953) after French mérou (1808; 1752 as mero; < Spanish).

Any of various large serranid fishes found in warm seas. Now esp.: a dusky grouper, Epinephelus guaza, of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, or the red grouper, E. morio, of the mid-western Atlantic.

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1585 J. White (title of painting) in Brit. Mus. Prints & Drawings 1906-5-9-1 (50) Mero.]

1763 W. Roberts Acct. First Discov. Florida 18 There is very good fishery, where is plenty of meros and pardos.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1225 Fishes are found in great quantities, particularly dolphins, sharks, meros, lobsters, mussels.

1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 351 Two Tins of..Mero in oil; two of Mero, pickled; one of Mero, with tomato sauce.

1953 J. Y. Cousteau Silent World 16 The merou, virtually unknown in the Provençal markets until goggle divers went down and speared them.

1959 Angling Times 27 Feb. 6/3 I went to the fish market..at Funchal... Strange fish..are on the slabs—pargo, mero.

1975 E. L. Ortiz Caribbean Cooking (1977) 21 Mero, or red grouper, is a tropical sea bass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mero
释义	meron. Brit. /ˈmɛːrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmɛroʊ/ Inflections: Plural meros, unchanged. Forms: 1700s– mero, 1900s– merou. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mero. Etymology: < Spanish mero (first attested 1611, although compare quot. 1585), of unknown origin.In form merou (see quot. 1953) after French mérou (1808; 1752 as mero; < Spanish). Any of various large serranid fishes found in warm seas. Now esp.: a dusky grouper, Epinephelus guaza, of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, or the red grouper, E. morio, of the mid-western Atlantic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of anthias1601 sea-perch1601 jewfish1679 hind1735 mero1763 rock cod1790 rock codfish1796 Norway or Norwegian haddock1847 serranid1879 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of genus Epinephelus (grouper) rockfish1605 grouper1615 jewfish1679 mero1763 red grouper1822 kingklip1834 coney1884 redbelly1890 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of genus Promicrops jewfish1679 mero1763 guasa1884 1585 J. White (title of painting) in Brit. Mus. Prints & Drawings 1906-5-9-1 (50) Mero.] 1763 W. Roberts Acct. First Discov. Florida 18 There is very good fishery, where is plenty of meros and pardos. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1225 Fishes are found in great quantities, particularly dolphins, sharks, meros, lobsters, mussels. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 351 Two Tins of..Mero in oil; two of Mero, pickled; one of Mero, with tomato sauce. 1953 J. Y. Cousteau Silent World 16 The merou, virtually unknown in the Provençal markets until goggle divers went down and speared them. 1959 Angling Times 27 Feb. 6/3 I went to the fish market..at Funchal... Strange fish..are on the slabs—pargo, mero. 1975 E. L. Ortiz Caribbean Cooking (1977) 21 Mero, or red grouper, is a tropical sea bass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : mero-comb. form¹ also refers to : mero-comb. form² < n.1763 see also
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