gaper
English
Serranus cabrilla
Etymology
From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape + -er.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪpə(r)
Noun
gaper (plural gapers)
- One who gapes; a starer.
- Any of several species of burrowing clams.
- The comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla.
- The fish Champsodon capensis
- (US, slang) An inexperienced skier.
- 2017, Brendan Leonard, The Great Outdoors: Everything You Need to Know Before Heading Into the Wild, p. 295:
- If you want to avoid looking like a gaper, just keep yourself from looking sloppy and you should be okay.
- 2017, Brendan Leonard, The Great Outdoors: Everything You Need to Know Before Heading Into the Wild, p. 295:
Synonyms
- (fish): comber
Hyponyms
- (burrowing clams): king clam
Derived terms
terms derived from gaper
- blue-billed gaper
- blunt gaper
- fat gaper
- gaper clam
- gaper pea crab
- gaper snake-eel
- gapers' block
- gapeworm
- little gaper
- Pacific gaper
- redeye gaper
- sand gaper
- sickle-billed gaper
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