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Definition of Tomtate
1. Noun. Found off the West Indies and Florida.
Exact synonyms: Haemulon Aurolineatum
Generic synonyms: Grunt
Group relationships: Genus Haemulon, Haemulon
Generic synonyms: Grunt
Group relationships: Genus Haemulon, Haemulon
Definition of Tomtate
1. n. A Florida and West Indian grunt (Bathystoma, or Hæmulon, rimator); also, any of various allied species.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tomtate
Literary usage of Tomtate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... frontal foramina long, and the jaws red within. This genus has 3 species in
our waters. The most important of these is the tomtate or red-mouth grunt, ..."
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