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View synonyms for gaper
gaper
[ gey-per ]
noun
- Also called horse clam. a large clam, Tresus capax, common on gravelly and coarse-sand beaches.
ˈgaper
/ ˈɡeɪpə /
noun
- a person or thing that gapes
- 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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This clumsy sign is called de Gaaper,—the Gaper,—and I know not the origin of it.
From Project Gutenberg
That blue-billed gaper probably came from Malacca, and the trogon too.
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