Piper

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Piper \Pi"per\, n. [L.]
     See {Pepper}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Piper \Pip"er\, n.
     1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a
        bagpipe. "The hereditary piper and his sons." --Macaulay.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) A common European gurnard ({Trigla lyra}), having a
            large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with
            large, sharp, opercular spines.
        (b) A sea urchin ({Goniocidaris hystrix}) having very long
            spines, native of both the American and European
            coasts.
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     {To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  piper
       n 1: someone who plays the bagpipe [syn: {bagpiper}]
       2: type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly
          climbing tropical shrubs [syn: {genus Piper}]