warsaw

See also: Warsaw

English

Etymology

Probably a corruption of Spanish guasa, possibly from an Amerind language.

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

warsaw (plural warsaws)

1. A fish, the black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus).
2. The jewfish or guasa (Epinephelus itajara).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “warsaw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)