Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which pierces.
  • noun Any sharp instrument used for piercing, boring, perforating, etc., such as an awl, a gimlet, or a Stiletto.
  • noun In entomology, that organ of an insect with which it pierces bodies; the ovipositor. Also called terebra.

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

  • noun One who, or that which, pierces or perforates.
  • noun An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto.
  • noun A piercel.
  • noun The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.
  • noun An insect provided with an ovipositor.

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

  • noun An instrument that pierces or perforates, such as a stiletto or piercel.
  • noun A person who pierces, especially one who carries out body piercing.
  • noun zoology The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.
  • noun zoology Any insect provided with an ovipositor.

Etymologies

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pierce +‎ -er

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