gaper in English
noun
1
a person who stares, typically in amazement or wonder.
They all try to out beat the other with the best impression of a gaper .
2
a burrowing bivalve mollusk, the shell valves of which have an opening at one or both ends.
Areas exhibiting mixed sand and mud constitute a relatively stable substrate in which typical sand-living animals, such as sand gapers , lugworms, and razor shells, dwell.
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1. Comber (plural Combers) Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters