SAILOR'S-CHOICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sailor's-choice mean? 

• SAILOR'S-CHOICE (noun)
  The noun SAILOR'S-CHOICE has 2 senses:

1. similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States

2. a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico

  Familiarity information: SAILOR'S-CHOICE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAILOR'S-CHOICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lagodon rhomboides; pinfish; sailor's-choice; squirrelfish

Hypernyms ("sailor's-choice" is a kind of...):

sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)

Holonyms ("sailor's-choice" is a member of...):

genus Lagodon; Lagodon (a genus of Sparidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Haemulon parra; sailor's-choice; sailors choice

Hypernyms ("sailor's-choice" is a kind of...):

grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)

Holonyms ("sailor's-choice" is a member of...):

genus Haemulon; Haemulon (type genus of the Haemulidae)