Definition of Muttonfish in English :

Define Muttonfish in English

Muttonfish meaning in English

Meaning of Muttonfish in English

Pronunciation of Muttonfish in English

Muttonfish pronunciation in English

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Muttonfish

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Noun

1. lutjanus analis, mutton snapper, muttonfish

similar to and often marketed as red snapper'

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Muttonfish

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noun
1. 
any of several species of fish native to Caribbean and Western Atlantic waters whose cooked flesh tastes of mutton, esp the mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis)
2. Australian dialect
any of various edible marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Haliotis, also known as the abalone, common in Australian waters

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Muttonfish

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n. pl. muttonfish or mut·ton·fish·es
2. Mutton snapper.

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