muttonfish

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

From mutton + fish.

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