Etymology

garrupa

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Today it means: One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastes; a rockfish. Full definition →

Portuguese garupa
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The story

  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromgaroupa“grouper”
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromgarupa“crupper”
  3. English todaygarrupa

Possibly from Portuguese garupa (“crupper”) or Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare grouper.

Words from the same roots

Portuguesegaroupa all →

grouper

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