grooper

English

Noun

grooper (plural groopers)

1. Archaic form of grouper. (the fish)
   • 1850, The Western Literary Messenger:

     The water was clear as crystal, and floating in it were eight hundred groopers, of from five to fifteen pounds weight each.

References

• “grooper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.