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sandgropers

sandgropers is the plural of sandgroper.

Meaning of sandgroper

Noun

sandgroper (plural sandgropers)

  1. (Australia, humorous) An inhabitant of Western Australia.
    • On both occasions the sandgropers downed the ‘big V’, as indeed they did in 1947 at Hobart when finishing second; the VFL′s only other defeat in 68 pre-state of origin carnival games came in 1911 against South Australia in Adelaide.2008, John Devaney, Full Points Footy′s WA Football Companion, page 320
  2. Any species of the family Cylindrachetidae of subterranean insects, found in Australia, New Guinea and Argentina.
    • The sandgroper is not unique to Western Australia, being found elsewhere in Australia and also in New Guinea,[…].1980, Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Journal, page 53

Questions about sandgropers

What is sandgropers the plural of?
Sandgropers is the plural of sandgroper.

Words near sandgropers in the dictionary

  1. sandglass
  2. sandglasses
  3. Sandgren
  4. Sandgrens
  5. sandgroper
  6. sandgropers
  7. sandgrounder
  8. sandgrounders
  9. sandgrouse
  10. sandgrouses
  11. sandgun

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