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Meaning of sweetlips | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.

Equivalents

Tagalog gulyabaw

Examples

“Kenny Gamble, Dockside Dave’s manager and chef, has often heard the question since a Florida attorney general’s investigation revealed this year that 17 of 24 other restaurants in and around Tampa Bay were passing off cheaper imported fish — tilapia, bream, hake, sutchi, emperor, green weakfish, painted sweetlips — as grouper.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Sweetly sweetmaker sweetmaking sweetman Sweetmans Creek Sweetmeat

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