sail|or's-choice

sail|or's-choice
sail|or's-choice «SAY luhrz CHOYS», noun, plural sail|or's-choic|es or (collectively) sail|or's-choice.
a local name of various American fishes: a) = grunt. (Cf.grunt) b) = porgy. (Cf.porgy) c) = pigfish. (Cf.pigfish) d) = pinfish. (Cf.pinfish)

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