groper 1
/groh"peuhr/ , n.
a person or thing that gropes.
[ 1560-70; GROPE + -ER 1 ]
groper 2
/groh"peuhr/ , n.
a large, purplish food fish, Achoerodus gouldii, inhabiting waters off Australia and New Zealand, characterized by an enormous gape.
[ appar. alter. of GROUPER 1 , perh. by assoc. with GROPE ]