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单词 sailor's-choice
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sailor's-choice

[ sey-lerz-chois ]
/ ˈseɪ lərzˈtʃɔɪs /

noun, plural sail·or's-choice.

any of several fishes living in waters along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., especially a pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas, and a grunt, Haemulon parrai, ranging from Florida to Brazil.

Origin of sailor's-choice

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby sailor's-choice

sail into, sailmaker, sailor, sailor hat, sailoring, sailor's-choice, sailor suit, sail-over, sail plan, sailplane, sail through
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British Dictionary definitions for sailor's-choice

sailor's-choice

noun

any of various small percoid fishes of American coastal regions of the Atlantic, esp the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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