sailor's-choice

sail·or's-choice

(sā′lərz-chois′)n. pl. sailor's-choice Any of various edible fishes of North American Atlantic waters, including the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish.

sailor's-choice

n (Animals) any of various small percoid fishes of American coastal regions of the Atlantic, esp the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish

sail′or's-choice′

n., pl. -choice. any of several fishes living in waters along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., esp. a pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, and a grunt, Haemulon parrai. [1840–50, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sailor's-choice - similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United StatesLagodon rhomboides, pinfish, squirrelfishsparid, sparid fish - spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teethgenus Lagodon, Lagodon - a genus of Sparidae
	2.	sailor's-choice - a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of MexicoHaemulon parra, sailors choicegrunt - medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caughtgenus Haemulon, Haemulon - type genus of the Haemulidae