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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