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gallinippers

gallinippers is the plural of gallinipper.

Meaning of gallinipper

Noun

gallinipper (plural gallinippers)

  1. (US) Any large insect that bites, for example, certain large mosquitos.
    • And when darkness comes and they leave off, the mosquitoes and the gallinippers join hands to take their place and suck out blood and annoy us until the first day brings its light.2011, Roger Abrahams, African American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World, page 55

Questions about gallinippers

What is gallinippers the plural of?
Gallinippers is the plural of gallinipper.

Words near gallinippers in the dictionary

  1. gallingales
  2. gallingly
  3. gallingness
  4. gallings
  5. gallinipper
  6. gallinippers
  7. Gallinson
  8. gallinule
  9. gallinules
  10. Gallio
  11. Gallion

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