grouper

[A corruption of Port. garupa = crupper.] Ichthy.: A fish of the Perch family. group-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [GROUP, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive : 1. Ord. Lang . The act of forming or placing in groups; as arrangement in groups. 2. Art : The combining or joining objects in a picture for the satisfaction of the eye, and also for its repose; and although a picture may consist of different groups, yet these groups of objects, managed by the chiarooscuro, should all tend to unity *group-lět, s. [Eng. group ; dim in. suff. -let .] A little group. "Which organic groups again hold smaller organic grouplets."-Carlyle: French Revolution, pt. i., bk. iv., ch. ii.