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Definition of Gaper
1. n. One who gapes.
Definition of Gaper
1. Noun. One who gapes; a starer. ¹
2. Noun. A fish, taxonomic name ''Serranus cabrilla''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaper
1. one that gapes [n -S] - See also: gapes
Medical Definition of Gaper
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1. One who gapes.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaper
Literary usage of Gaper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"Striated gaper. Fig. 99. At the close of our labours, it is impossible to avoid the
... Norway gaper. Fig. 100. Teignmouth, Devonshire, Jan. 1, 1819. ..."
2. Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M. P. and Other Reminiscences by John Kent, Francis Charles Lawley (1892)
"After the race I said to his Lordship, " Where would gaper have been had he run ?
... As I understood that John Day had laid £20000 to £250 against gaper, ..."
3. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"Striated gaper. Fig. 99. At the close of our labours, it is impossible to avoid the
... Norway gaper. Fig. 100. Teignmouth, Devonshire, Jan. 1, 1819. ..."
4. Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M. P. and Other Reminiscences by John Kent, Francis Charles Lawley (1892)
"After the race I said to his Lordship, " Where would gaper have been had he run ?
... As I understood that John Day had laid £20000 to £250 against gaper, ..."
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