Sailor's choice

Sailor's choice
Sailor Sail"or, n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. [1913 Webster]

{Sailor's choice}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus rhomboides}, syn. {Lagodon rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and {salt-water bream}. (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis chrysopterus} syn. {Pomadasys chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}. [1913 Webster]


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  • sailor's-choice — [sā′lərz chois′] n. pl. sailor s choice any of several food fishes of the W Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; specif., a small grunt (Haemulon parrai) …   English World dictionary

  • sailor's-choice — noun 1. a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico • Syn: ↑sailors choice, ↑Haemulon parra • Hypernyms: ↑grunt • Member Holonyms: ↑Haemulon, ↑genus Haemulon 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • sailor's-choice — /say leuhrz choys /, n., pl. sailor s choice. any of several fishes living in waters along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., esp. a pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas, and a grunt, Haemulon parrai, ranging from Florida …   Universalium

  • sailor's-choice — 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[/ex] Etymology: 1840–50, Amer …   From formal English to slang

  • sailor's-choice — noun Date: 1850 any of several small grunts of the Western Atlantic: as a. pinfish b. pigfish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sailor's-choice — noun Any of several grunts of the Atlantic (all in the family Haemulidae); pinfish, margate, Orthopristis chrysopterus, or Haemulon parra …   Wiktionary

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