different between weever vs grouper

English

Etymology

From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin v?pera. Doublet of wyvern and viper.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?wi?.v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?wi.v?/
• Homophone: weaver
• Rhymes: -i?v?(?)

Noun

weever (plural weevers)

1. Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.

Synonyms

• weeverfish, weaverfish

Derived terms

Translations

References

• weever at OneLook Dictionary Search
• weever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• weever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trachinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trachinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???u?p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -u?p?(?)

Etymology 1

From Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare garrupa.

Noun

grouper (plural groupers or grouper)

1. Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.

Derived terms

Alternative forms

• groper

Translations

Etymology 2

group +? -er

Noun

grouper (plural groupers)

1. One who groups things.
2. (dated) groupie

Anagrams

• grupero, regroup

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u.pe/

Verb

grouper

1. to group (to put together to form a group)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• regrouper

Further reading

• “grouper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).