muttonfish
(chiefly, US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (), an ocean pout (), or an ().
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(chiefly, US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (), an ocean pout (), or an ().
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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(Australia) Any of several edible molluscs of the genus ; an abalone.
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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