gaper
a person or thing that gapes.
Also called horse clam. a large clam, Tresus capax, common on gravelly and coarse-sand beaches.
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This means the venting in the goggles and helmet brim line up for better air exhaust and less fog, and you’re guaranteed not to wind up with an unfortunate gaper gap.
The Gear We Used to Test Resort Skis in Steamboat, Colorado | agintzler | October 14, 2021 | Outside OnlineThis clumsy sign is called de Gaaper,—the gaper,—and I know not the origin of it.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 | George Augustus SalaThat blue-billed gaper probably came from Malacca, and the trogon too.
Nat the Naturalist | G. Manville Fenn
British Dictionary definitions for gaper
/ (ˈɡeɪpə) /
a person or thing that gapes
any of various large marine bivalve molluscs of the genera Mya and Lutraria that burrow in muddy sand. M. arenaria is the American soft-shelled clam and the two species of Lutraria are the otter shells. The valves have a permanent gap at the hind end
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