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gallynipper

gallynipper is the alternative form 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

Forms of gallynipper

pluralgallynippers

Questions about gallynipper

What is gallynipper the alternative form of?
Gallynipper is the alternative form of gallinipper.

Words near gallynipper in the dictionary

  1. gallybeggars
  2. gallycrow
  3. gallycrows
  4. gallygaskins
  5. gallying
  6. gallynipper
  7. gallynippers
  8. gallypot
  9. gallypots
  10. gallyware
  11. Galmudug

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