English

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Etymology

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rock +‎ hopper

Noun

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rockhopper (plural rockhoppers)

  1. The rockhopper penguin
  2. Any of the jumping bristletails in the order Archaeognatha
  3. A disk on the bottom of a trawler-net that lifts when it hits a rock or bump, raising the net, preventing damage to the net or the seafloor.