Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne who gapes; a starer. · Any of several species of burrowing clams. · A comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla. · A fish of species Champsodon capensis
From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape + -er.
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