Hypertext Webster Gateway: "groper"
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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