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(chiefly US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus)..
Some mornings when the tide was right out we went onto the reef with screwdrivers to prise off abalone, which we called muttonfish.
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Muttonfish means (chiefly US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus)..
Common synonyms include mutton snapper, lutjanus analis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Some mornings when the tide was right out we went onto the reef with screwdrivers to prise off abalone, which we called muttonfish.
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