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groper

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊpɚ/

The English word “groper” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially one who performs inspections on passengers.
  2. Any of several marine fish, especially the Queensland groper or giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
  3. hapuku wreckfish (Polyprion oxygeneios)

Etymology

From grope + -er.

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