Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large biting mosquito, especially Psorophora ciliata of the Americas.
  • noun A large mosquitolike insect such as a crane fly.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large mosquito.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A large mosquito.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun US any large insect that bites, for example the mosquito

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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Examples

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

    Blind Lemon Jefferson Lyrics 2009

  • I would say gallinipper, these gallinippers bites too hard

    Blind Lemon Jefferson Lyrics 2009

  • I would say gallinipper, these gallinippers bites too hard

    Mosquito Moan 1929

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

    Mosquito Moan 1929

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  • a large mosquito or other insect capable of inflicting a painful bite

    December 16, 2008

  • Used on NPR's Says You show today.

    February 14, 2010

  • an Alaskan hummingbird. ha. whatev.

    July 31, 2010

  • The wee pest's a dangerous vector

    But heed this key gender corrector:

    The gal gallinipper

    Alone's the blood sipper;

    The guy bugs imbibe only nectar.

    October 24, 2016