comber

Etymology 1

From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.

noun

  1. A person who combs wool, etc.
  2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
  3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
    The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118

Etymology 2

Wikispecies

noun

  1. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

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