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groper |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Groper \Grop"er\, n. One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr Pg garupa crupper. Cf {Garbupa}.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 ({E. morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({E. 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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