MUTTONFISH

Etymology

Noun

muttonfish (plural muttonfish or muttonfishes)

(chiefly, US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially the mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis, the ocean pout, Macrozoarces americanus, or the Irish pompano, Diapterus auratus. [from 18th c.]

(Australia) Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone. [from 19th c.]

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