pugapo

== Cebuano == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀapu (“the sea perch, giant rock cod, giant grouper, Epinephelus spp.”). Compare Malay kerapu, Indonesian kerapu, Tausug kulapu, Pangutaran Sama kulapu, Ilocano kurapo, Central Bikol pugapo, Tagalog kulapo, Tiruray kurafu, Ivatan korapo, Yami kozapo, Palauan ksaw and Sundanese kurapu. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pu‧ga‧po === Noun === pugapo any of several fish species in the family Serranidae including: humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis) yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti) white-edged lyretail (Variola albimarginata) slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicus) two-banded soapfish (Diploprion bifasciatum) any of several fishes in the genera Epinephelus, Plectropomus and Cephalopholis ==== Usage notes ==== Used to refer to the larger adult or spawning individuals. ==== Derived terms ==== pugapo badyangon pugapo salapok pugapong gamay pugapong tiger == Central Bikol == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀapu (“the sea perch, giant rock cod, giant grouper, Epinephelus spp.”). Compare Malay kerapu, Indonesian kerapu, Tausug kulapu, Pangutaran Sama kulapu, Cebuano pugapo, Tagalog kulapo, Ilocano kurapo, Tiruray kurafu, Ivatan korapo, Yami kozapo, Palauan ksaw and Sundanese kurapu. === Noun === pugapo any of several fish species in the family Serranidae including: humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis) yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti) white-edged lyretail (Variola albimarginata) slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicus) two-banded soapfish (Diploprion bifasciatum) any of several fishes in the genera Epinephelus, Plectropomus and Cephalopholis