grouper

noun grou·per \ˈgrü-pər\

: a large fish that lives at the bottom of warm seas

plural groupers also grouper

Full Definition of GROUPER

: any of numerous fishes (family Serranidae and especially genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca) that are typically large solitary bottom-dwelling fishes of warm seas and include important food fishes

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Origin of GROUPER

Portuguese garoupa

First Known Use: 1671

Rhymes with GROUPER

blooper, cooper, Cowper, duper, hooper, looper, scooper, snooper, stupor, swooper, super, trooper, trouper, whooper

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