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muttonfish

[muht-n-fish]

noun

plural

muttonfish ,

plural

muttonfishes .

  1. ocean pout.

  2. mutton snapper.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of muttonfish1

1725–35, mutton 1 + fish, so called for its muttonlike taste
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“When I was about your age, I stood right here and watched him catch a fourteen-pound muttonfish off the wings of a stingray.”

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“Paine, you ’member that big muttonfish I caught here?” he asked my father.

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