ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sweetlips

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sweetlips is a noun meaning Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.

Meaning

Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.

Example Sentences

Kenny Gamble, Dockside Dave’s manager and chef, has often heard the question since a Florida attorney general’s investigation revealed this year that 17 of 24 other restaurants in and around Tampa Bay were passing off cheaper imported fish — tilapia, bream, hake, sutchi, emperor, green weakfish, painted sweetlips — as grouper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snailfish, three-lips, liparid, pouting, seasnail, swellfish.

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