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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A large mosquito or other insect capable of inflicting a painful bite.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A large mosquito.

Wiktionary

  1. n. US any large insect that bites, for example the mosquito

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A large mosquito.

Etymologies

  1. Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I would say gallinipper, these gallinippers bites too hard”

    Mosquito Moan

  • “Note 1: gallinipper, any of various insects such as a large mosquito or crane fly, mainly used in the south and midland.”

    Mosquito Moan

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  • raven_in_the_woods an Alaskan hummingbird. ha. whatev. Jul 31, 2010

  • oroboros Used on NPR's Says You show today. Feb 14, 2010

  • yaybob a large mosquito or other insect capable of inflicting a painful bite Dec 16, 2008

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‘gallinipper’ has been looked up 1478 times, loved by 1 person, added to 7 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 16.