groper

[groh-per]

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noun

a person or thing that gropes.

Origin:
1560–70; grope + -er¹

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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 or grouper (ˈɡrəʊpə)

—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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