groper

grop·er

1 [groh-per]
noun
a person or thing that gropes.

Origin:
1560–70; grope + -er1

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grop·er

2 [groh-per]
noun
a large, purplish food fish, Achoerodus gouldii, inhabiting waters off Australia and New Zealand, characterized by an enormous gape.

Origin:
apparently alteration of grouper1, perhaps by association with grope

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Groper is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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groper or grouper (ˈɡrəʊpə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -er, -ers
Also called: garoupa any large marine serranid fish of the genus Epinephelus and related genera, of warm and tropical seas
 
[C17: from Portuguese garupa, probably from a South American Indian word]
 
grouper or grouper
 
n
 
[C17: from Portuguese garupa, probably from a South American Indian word]

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