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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 War·saw n. Zool. (a) The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States.  (b) The jewfish; -- called also guasa.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Group·er n.  Zool. (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidæ, as the red grouper, or brown snapper  (Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail (Lobotes). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and trooper.]
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