grouper
/ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/
grouper noun: any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
Noun (1)
grouper (plural groupers or grouper)
Noun (2)
grouper (plural groupers)
- One who groups things.
- A groupie.
- 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.1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →OCLC, page 8
grouper meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Malay
grouper in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
grouper in Malayalam
- fish
- കലവ kalava
grouper in Tagalog
- fish
- lubo
grouper in Malay
- fish
- kerapu
More languagesFewer languages
- grouper in Vietnamese
- cá mú
Forms of grouper
| plural | groupers |
|---|---|
| plural | grouper |
| alternative form | groper |
| alternative form (archaic) | grooper |
Origin of grouper
From Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare garrupa.
From group + -er.
Words formed from grouper
- areolate grouper
- argus grouper
- black grouper
- blackfin grouper
- blacktip grouper
- blotch grouper
- bluespotted grouper)
- broomtail grouper)
- calico grouper
- comb grouper
- convict grouper
- dusky grouper
- goliath grouper
- grouper trooper
- Gulf grouper
- honeycomb grouper
- humpback grouper
- kelp grouper
- lucky grouper
- lyretail grouper
- marbled grouper
- masked grouper
- misty grouper
- moustache grouper
- Nassau grouper
- panther grouper
- red grouper
- redmouth grouper
- rown-marbled grouper
- sickelfish grouper
- slender grouper
- snowy grouper
- square grouper
- star-studded grouper
- ten-spine grouper
- tiger grouper
- Warsaw grouper
- white grouper
- yellowedge grouper
- yellowfin grouper
- yellowmouth grouper
Phrases with grouper
Words that rhyme with grouper
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Questions about grouper
- What does grouper mean?
- Grouper means any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
- What is grouper in Tamil?
- Grouper in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Grouper meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is grouper?
- Grouper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grouper?
- Grouper is pronounced /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of grouper?
- The plural of grouper is groupers.
Words near grouper in the dictionary
Source and license
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