Meaning of muttonfish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus).
   US
2. Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone.
   Australia

Examples

“Some mornings when the tide was right out we went onto the reef with screwdrivers to prise off abalone, which we called muttonfish.”

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