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Gaper

[gey-per]

gap·er

[gey-per]
noun
1.
a person or thing that gapes.
2.
Also called horse clam. a large clam, Tresus capax, common on gravelly and coarse-sand beaches.

Origin:
1630–40; gape + -er1
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Gaper is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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gaper (ˈɡeɪpə)
 
n
1.  a person or thing that gapes
2.  any of various large marine bivalve molluscs of the genera Mya and Lutraria that burrow in muddy sand. M. arenaria is the American soft-shelled clam and the two species of Lutraria are the otter shells. The valves have a permanent gap at the hind end

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