gallinipper

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

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Origin obscure; by some supposed to stand for *gallnipper (?), in oblique double allusion to the gall-fly and to the galling nature of the mosquito's attentions: see gall, gall, and nipper.
 

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/ˈgælɪnɪpər/
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