groper

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groper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Groper \Grop"er\, n.
     One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or
     searches by feeling.
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  Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
     Garbupa.] (Zool.)
     (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the
         genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranid[ae], as the
         red grouper, or brown snapper (Epinephelus morio), and
         the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus),
         both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
     (b) The tripletail (Lobotes).
     (c) In California, the name is often applied to the
         rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and
         trooper.]
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