grouper

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English

a giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)

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Etymology 1

From Portuguese garoupa (grouper). Compare garrupa.

Noun

grouper (plural groupers or grouper)

  1. Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
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Etymology 2

group +‎ -er

Noun

grouper (plural groupers)

  1. One who groups things.
  2. (dated) A groupie.
    • 1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Bantam, published 1997, →ISBN, page 5:
      There was also a little roundfaced brunette named Marilyn who told me she used to be a teenie grouper hanging out with a rock'n'roll group called The Wild Flowers but now she was mainly with Bobby Petersen.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁu.pe/
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Verb

grouper

  1. to group (to put together to form a group)

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