Groper

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Groper \Grop"er\, n.
     One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or
     searches by feeling.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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}.]
         [1913 Webster]