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Definition of Gallinipper
1. n. A large mosquito.
Definition of Gallinipper
1. Noun. (American English) any large insect that bites, for example the mosquito or crane fly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gallinipper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallinipper
Literary usage of Gallinipper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"gallinipper is the common name for a large species of ... gallinipper up or down,
whichever you please.—Mr. Ficklin of Illinois, House of Repr., Jan. ..."
2. Minutes of Proceedings of the Courts of Inquiry and Court Martial, in by David Porter (1825)
"I proceeded with the schooners Fox and Jackall, and the barges gallinipper and
Musquito, off this harbour, and despatched Lieut. Comdt. ..."
3. History of the Navy of the United States of America by James Fenimore Cooper (1856)
"the Mosquito, Gnat, Midge, Sandfly and gallinipper. ... Stribling, in the
gallinipper, was dispatched after the pirate. On the morning of the 8th of April, ..."
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